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Author Wolinsky, Marc, 1954-

Title Gays and the Military : Joseph Steffan versus the United States
Published Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2001

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Description 1 online resource (245 pages)
Contents Book Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS
Summary In April 1987 Joseph C. Steffan, one of the ten highest ranking midshipmen in his class at the U.S. Naval Academy, and only six weeks from graduation, was denied his diploma and forced to resign his commission because he answered "Yes, sir" to the question, "I'd like your word, are you a homosexual?" Six years later his cause, and that of other gay men and lesbians seeking to serve their country by enlistment in the military, has become the subject of intense national controversy. This unusual and innovative work, based on the litigation strategy and court papers filed in the case of Joseph C
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Subject Steffan, Joseph, 1964- -- Trials, litigation, etc
Cheney, Richard B. -- Trials, litigation, etc
SUBJECT Cheney, Richard B. fast (OCoLC)fst00112652
Steffan, Joseph, 1964- fast (OCoLC)fst00300907
Subject Equality before the law -- United States.
Gay military personnel -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States
Equality before the law.
Law - U.S. - General.
Law - U.S.
Law, Politics & Government.
United States.
Genre/Form Trials, litigation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Sherrill, Kenneth
ISBN 9781400821044
1400821045