On September 9, 2010, a judge for the US District Court for the Central District of California struck down the US military's "Don't Ask Don't Tell" (DADT) policy, which banned openly gay individuals from the armed services. The suit was initiated in 2004 by the Log Cabin Republicans, who argued that the policy violated individuals' First Amendment and due process rights. Judge Virginia Phillips agreed, holding that the less deferential standard identified by the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit applied to the instant case, rather than the more permissive rational basis standard. Congress later passed legislation to repeal DADT, which will take effect on September 20.



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