A federal appeals court ordered the U.S. government on Wednesday to immediately cease enforcing the longstanding ban on openly gay members of the military.
In a brief two-page order, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said the "don’t ask, don’t tell" policy must be lifted now that the Obama administration has concluded it’s unconstitutional to treat gay Americans differently under the law.
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