Obama Supports Repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell

April 11th, 2008 By: Claudia, Assistant Editor | Tags: , , , , , , ,
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Obama expressed his support of a repeal of the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy in the military, though he has said that he wouldn’t make opposition to the policy a litmus test for apointees in the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The policy has been widely criticised, notably by many within the military. It has also lead to the discharge of many honorable servicemembers, including up to 50 Arabic language experts. Sure we can’t understand the Al Quaeda communications, but at least I know the translator isn’t checking me out! Ugh.

Obama also supports giving federal benefits to members of civil unions, though he stops short of supporting gay marriage outright.

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  1. Interested
    April 11th, 2008 at 22:39
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    I do believe that DADT helped get one much closer step towards acceptance in the first place.  But like affirmative action it has turned back around to bite the butt of those intended to protect in the first place.

    it’s a nutty stance to begin with.  We will accept a complete foreign national into our military, say that it is then okay for them to not fight.  Yet be discriminatory due to someone’s preference of a man over a woman.

  2. Ken
    April 12th, 2008 at 11:02
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    While this has been a long time issue in America, finally it looks as if there’ll be solution. Obama is trying to follow a new direction in resolving this issue.

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  3. wj
    April 12th, 2008 at 19:51
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    Now the challenge will be for Congress to find the guts to actually vote thru a repeal of the law which created DADT in the first place.  Anybody want to bet on how long it will take them to work up the nerve?

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