It's time that America stopped their deplorable attitude towards gay. Under America's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, thirteen-thousand homosexuals have been kicked out of the Army. "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" may have been a necessary first step in ending the Armed Forces' archaic policies towards gay men and women, but now is the time to repeal the Clinton-Powell agreement and simply allow gays to serve.

Amy Brian, an Iraq war veteran and a woman who has served with the Kansas National Guard for nine years, was discharged after one of her civilian colleagues reported seeing her kissing another woman in a Wal-Mart checkout line.

The complaint was sent via several e-mails to superiors at the Kansas National Guard, whereby an investigation was started last August that ultimately led to Brian’s dismissal on Jan. 13, making her the first person to ever be dismissed from the Kansas National Guard under the Federal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DODT) policy.

According to the Associated Press, Brian, who was commended for her service, was “separated” from the Guard which resulted in her losing her job and leaving her unable to finish her master’s degree due to the loss of her education benefits provided by military service.