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Article: Law schools revolt over Pentagon recruitment on campus; Some have filed suit against the military in protest of what they see as discrimination towards gays in the service.(USA)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- November 6, 2003
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Byline: Seth Stern Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
Some of America's top law schools are heading to court themselves. Their target: a Pentagon policy requiring them to allow military recruiters on campus. At issue is the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy towards gays and whether the government should be able to force schools to disseminate a message they dislike.
Separate suits filed by law schools, professors, and students this fall charge the Pentagon with forcing them to violate anti-discrimination rules by demanding access to campuses. Those schools that refuse risk losing hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding.
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