Gen. Randy Taylor “My husband Lucas is sitting up front here,” The Defense Department has updated its military equal opportunity program...
Gen. Randy Taylor “My husband Lucas is sitting up front here,” The Defense Department has updated its military equal opportunity program to protect service members against discrimination because of sexual orientation, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said here today. Click photo for screen-resolution image Defense Secretary Ash Carter delivers the keynote address during the Defense Department’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month ceremony at the Pentagon, June 8, 2015. DoD screen shot (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Speaking at a DoD-Pentagon Pride Month event, the secretary said the department has made a lasting commitment to living the values it defends, including treating everyone equally. “We have to focus relentlessly on the mission, which means the thing that matters most about a person is what they can contribute to it,” Carter said. The update, he said, “ensures that the department, like the rest of the federal government, treats sexual-orientation-based discrimination the same way it treats discrimination based on race, religion, color, sex, age and national origin.” http://www.defense.gov/news/newsartic... Less
