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(Washington) The number of lawmakers co-sponsoring a bill to repeal "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell", the military's ban on gays has grown to 114.
This week four members of Congress joined 110 others who have signed on to the legislation. The newest supporters are Republican Congressman Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY) and Democratic lawmakers Cynthia McKinney (D-GA), Julia Carson (D-IN), and Michael Doyle (D-PA).
Boehlert is the fifth Republican co-sponsor and McKinney joins nine other members of the House Armed Services Committee who are also co-sponsors of the bill.
The legislation was introduced in March 2005 by Congressman Marty Meehan (D-MA).
"More and more lawmakers of both parties are increasingly disillusioned by the military’s policy of exclusion and discrimination,” said C. Dixon Osburn, executive director of Servicemembers Legal Defense Network.
Congress approved the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy in 1993 during the Clinton administration. It allows gays and lesbians to serve in the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps as long as they abstain from homosexual activity and do not disclose their sexual orientation.
The Government Accountability Office has estimated that "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" has cost at least $190.5 million in the past 10 years, but a privately funded study found the actual cost to be about double that. (story)
Nearly 10,000 servicemembers have been discharged under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell".
A March Pew poll shows a majority of Americans support for repealing the ban.
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