DADT gone, but unequal treatment of gays still here [Now, it starts]

DADT gone, but unequal treatment of gays still here [Now, it starts]:

(CNN) -- In the very early hours of this morning, "don't ask, don't tell" ceased to be U.S. policy.

As a result, today is the first day I can write about being the partner of a gay military serviceman without fear that he will lose his job. ...

The battle has only been half won. Gay servicemen or servicewomen can no longer be discharged simply for being gay, but they are still treated inequitably.

Only by using their newly won free speech can they hope to reap the same benefits as their straight colleagues.

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