“I think that will have to be a separate campaign to get that kind of approval for people serving in the military,” Butler said.
Butler said that because of the amount of time required to repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, he does not expect that this issue will be resolved anytime soon.
“I am in favor of people being allowed to serve openly, but I would not be in favor of delaying [the return of ROTC] 20 years,” Butler said.
Chairman of Harvard Advocates for ROTC Capt. Paul E. Mawn USNR (Ret.) ’63 said he believes that protests over trans-identified and intersex individuals right to join the military represents little more than a tool for anti-military activists to prevent ROTC’s return to campus.
“A lot of people at Harvard are blatantly anti-military,” Mawn said. “Everyone blatantly hid behind the shield of DADT.”
TTF is a recognized student group under Queer Students and Allies’ umbrella.
—Staff writer Tara W. Merrigan can be reached at tmerrigan@college.harvard.edu.
—Staff writer Zoe A. Y. Weinberg can be reached at zoe.weinberg@college.harvard.edu.