Overview
Do Ask, Do Tell
A Gay Conservative Lashes Back
In 1993, when President Bill Clinton proposed lifting the ban on gays in the military, many members of Congress objected, resulting eventually in a compromise known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” codified into law in December 1993. Bill Boushka noticed a striking parallel between these arguments (about “privacy” in the barracks) and the circumstances of his expulsion from William and Mary as a freshman with scholarship in November of 1961.
Overview
Do Ask, Do Tell
A Gay Conservative Lashes Back
In 1993, when President Bill Clinton proposed lifting the ban on gays in the military, many members of Congress objected, resulting eventually in a compromise known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” codified into law in December 1993. Bill Boushka noticed a striking parallel between these arguments (about “privacy” in the barracks) and the circumstances of his expulsion from William and Mary as a freshman with scholarship in November of 1961.