Homosexual Cadet Ineligible
By Rick Pearcey • May 4, 2011, 06:55 AM
A conservative military watchdog says the United States Military Academy was right to deny a former cadet readmission to the school because she is a homosexual.
Katherine Miller left West Point in August, halfway through her stint at the Academy, saying she could no longer lie about her sexuality. So when she recently applied to rejoin, officials at the U.S. Military Academy rejected her application.
They explained that the repeal of the policy that bars homosexuals from legal military service, which was accomplished by the 111th lame-duck Congress, has not yet gone into effect -- and will not do so until 60 days after the president and senior defense advisers certify that it will not hurt the troops' ability to fight.
