The court challenge to the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy (Cook v. Rumsfeld) was dismissed today by the U.S. District Court forthe District of Massachusetts. According to the Service Members Legal Defense Network website,

The U.S. District Court forthe District of Massachusetts has granted the government’s motion to dismiss in Cook v. Rumsfeld, a constitutional challenge to the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” ban on lesbian, gay and bisexual service members.

Visit the SLDN website for more information.

Update: Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) announced on May 15, 2006, that it intends to appeal a court decision dismissing its constitutional challenge to the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” ban on lesbian, gay and bisexual personnel.

Well things have been a little slow on this. The latest from the Collin County Justice Court is that the case will still be assigned a date in May or June. Given the timing of the CCGLA annual meeting (May 23), I am hopeful that the date is in May before this meeting.