Yale law school will admit military recruiters

AP/MSNBC:

Yale Law School will end its policy of not working with military recruiters following a court ruling this week that jeopardized about $300 million in federal funding, school officials said Wednesday.

Yale and other universities had objected to the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy that allows gay men and women to serve in the military only if they keep their sexual orientation to themselves. Yale Law School had refused to assist military recruiters because the Pentagon wouldn't sign a nondiscrimination pledge.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Yale on Monday, rejecting its argument that its right to academic freedom was infringed by federal law that says universities must give the military the same access as other job recruiters or forfeit federal money.

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Yale had already lost an argument at the Supreme Court where it made the unpersuasive case that this was a free speech issue when in fact it was trying to deny speech to military recruiters. For a top law school to go so far to thwart the a law it did not like does not say much for its respect for the rule of law.

There is really an easy answer for those who do not like the military's policy on gays which was set by Congress. They can ask Congress to change the law, or they can ultimately not join the military which is apparently what they were doing before recruiters were permitted to return.