It is a shame that most Americans refuse to see what the new Republican party has become. They’re leadership is intolerant, homophobic, prejudiced against all they perceived to be not the “Real American Values”, whatever that means.
Homosexuals have been serving in our military since its inception. Everyone who serves knows exactly which one of there comrades are gay. They simply do their jobs as the great soldiers they all are.
Americans need to call their Congress people and Senators and order them to repeal DADT. We must stop allowing a vociferous intolerant minority from dictating our military and economic policies by doing our civic duty of protesting, calling our elected officials, and most importantly voting out politicians that continue to damage our country, continue to foment hate, and continue to work against the middleclass.
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MELBOURNE, Australia — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Congress should act quickly, before new members take their seats, to repeal the military’s ban on gays serving openly in the military. He, however, did not sound optimistic that the current Congress would use a brief postelection session to get rid of the law known as "don’t ask, don’t tell."
"I would like to see the repeal of "don’t ask, don’t tell" but I’m not sure what the prospects for that are," Gates said Saturday, as he traveled to defense and diplomatic meetings in Australia.
Unless the lame-duck Congress acts, the repeal effort is considered dead for now.
The current, Democratic-controlled Congress has not acted to lift the ban, which President Barack Obama promised to eliminate. In his postelection news conference Wednesday, Obama said there would be time to repeal the ban in December or early January, after the military completes a study of the effects of repeal on the front lines and at home.
With Republicans taking control of the House in January, and with larger margins in the Senate, supporters of lifting the ban predict it will be much more difficult.
Gates also urged the Senate to ratify a stalled arms control treaty with Russia before the end of the current legislative session in January.
The defense chief said the huge midterm gains for Republicans will not set back Obama’s strategy for the war in Afghanistan. Obama wants to begin pulling U.S. forces home next summer, so long as security conditions allow it.
Many Republicans oppose the withdrawal plan, saying it is driven by politics and encourages the Taliban to wait out U.S. forces.
Robert Gates: Repeal ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Now, Before GOP Takes Control Of Congress