E.D. New York· 3/30/1995

Able v. United States

Citations

880 F. Supp. 968
1995 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 3928
66 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 43,470
67 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1098
1995 WL 149460

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“under the First Amendment a mere statement of homosexual orientation is not sufficient proof of intent to commit acts as to justify the initiation of discharge proceedings.”
“The only difference will be that heterosexuals will not know which of their servicemates are homosexuals, and heterosexuals will have reason to have a generalized suspicion of everyone in the showers, hardly a circumstance likely to increase ‘cohesion.’ ”
“Neither the Act nor the Directives suggest how one who is bom with an innate tendency, an ‘orientation’ or a ‘propensity,’ to commit a homosexual act can prove that he or she does not have such an orientation or propensity.”

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Judges: Nickerson

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