Original sentence: For instance, the "don't ask, don't tell" policy as a compromise on the ban on gays in the United States military, allows gays to serve in the military and protects them from reprisal from other personnel, but instead of imposing penalties for reprisals it requires a discharge of an individual who is gay
Edited sentence: For instance, the "don't ask, don't tell" policy as a compromise on the ban on gays in the United States military, allows gays to serve in the military and protects them from reprisal from other personnel.It also makes blatantly clear the Military's intolerance for gay people, as instead of imposing penalties on reprisal it requires a discharge of an individual who is gay