Does allowing transgender servicemembers impact military readiness? Two experts debate the issue.
Aaron Belkin, PhD
Palm Center
Aaron Belkin is founding director of the Palm Center. He designed and implemented much of the public education campaign responsible for helping end the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy in 2011. He is the author of How We Won: Progressive Lessons from the Repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and has written and edited more than 30 scholarly articles, chapters, and books.
Peter Sprigg
Family Research Council
Peter Sprigg is Senior Fellow for Policy Studies at the Family Research Council. He is the author of Outrage: How Gay Activists and Liberal Judges Are Trashing Democracy to Redefine Marriage, and he was co-editor of another FRC book on homosexuality. He previously served as pastor of Clifton Park Center Baptist Church in Clifton Park, New York, and as economic development assistant to the late Congressman Robert Drinan.
