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What Authorized a ban on gay people in the military?

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There is no ban on gay people serving in the U.S. military. The ban was lifted in 2011.

It was originally authorized when the military code was first written in the 19th Century. It evolved into Don't Ask Don't Tell (DADT) in 1993, and was completely lifted in 2011

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