![]() ![]() The two defendants - an army lieutenant and sergeant from different units - had been charged by military prosecutors for having sex during off-duty hours at an off-base residence in 2016.īoth were among nine soldiers indicted in a crackdown against gay soldiers in 2017. LGBTQ activists had urged the court to overturn an “outdated and bad” law following a Supreme Court decision last year that overturned a military court’s conviction of two soldiers for a consensual same-sex relationship. Last Thursday, in a 5-4 ruling, the court said that allowing same-sex relations between individuals could undermine military discipline and impede readiness - arguments that have been used in other countries, including the United States, to justify banning LGBTQ individuals from serving.
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