End the Ban on Transgender Military Service

American Veterans for Equal Rights, the nation’s oldest Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Veterans Service Organization, calls for an immediate termination of the ban on Transgender military service in light of the historic decision today by the Supreme Court that LGBT people are protected by Federal civil rights laws from workplace discrimination. Today’s unprecedented 6 to 3 Supreme Court decision means that Americans can no longer be fired from their job because of sexual orientation or gender identity.  The United States military, the institution entrusted with safeguarding the constitution, should not embrace policies that break American law. The guardians of liberty must be first and foremost representatives of the freedom they protect. The Transgender policy should be immediately revoked.