August 4, 2010.
Dear Ryan Gierach:
Thanks for that moving report by Carleton Cronin on a real example of why Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is so terrible — for all service members.
He visited a former military buddy who was dying in South Dakota and who had trusted him enough to tell him he was gay. And Cronin is the example of why more and more Americans are aware of the real consequences of the rule and why it separates men and women who need to work together and trust each other.
