Discharged gay vet refused re-enlistment: recruiters have "no knowledge" about injunction

[Bluebear]

With a briefcase full of commendations under his arm, Omar Lopez walked into an Austin, Tex., recruiting office Wednesday. Mr. Lopez, 29, had served nearly five years in the Navy. He was honorably discharged in 2006 for “homosexual admission,” according to documents he carried. He wanted to re-enlist.

But recruiters turned him away hastily, saying they had no knowledge of any injunction or any change in military policy.

“I like the civilian world, but I miss it,” Mr. Lopez said of the military, as he arrived with a worker for Get Equal, a gay rights advocacy group. “I feel lost without it.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/14/us/14cabin.html?_r=1

[BzaDem]

1. That's ridiculous. The court should hold them in contempt.

Unless and until the injunction is stayed, the judge can and should enforce it.

[JohnnyLib2]

2. Gutsy guy.

Hope he pursues it all the way.

[damntexdem]

3. So charge them with contempt of court.

A judge's ruling only counts if she or he enforces it.