Reposted at http://www.constitutionparty.com/news.php?aid=834
by Matthew B. Stannard
The San Francisco Chronicle
President Obama will end the 15-year-old “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that has prevented homosexual and bisexual men and women from serving openly within the U.S. military, a spokesman for the president-elect said.
Obama said during the campaign that he opposed the policy, but since his election in November he has made statements that have been interpreted as backpedaling. On Friday, however, Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs, responding on the transition team’s Web site to a Michigan resident who asked if the new administration planned to get rid of the policy, said:
“You don’t hear politicians give a one-word answer much. But it’s ’Yes.’ ”
The little-noticed response, made in a video posted on change.gov, made barely a ripple outside blogs focused on the gay community, but that’s not surprising, said those who have been pushing to overturn the ban. Not only was Obama’s position expected, they said, but support for reviewing or repealing the policy has grown markedly in recent years, including some from unexpected quarters.
The end of “don’t ask, don’t tell” might not happen immediately, several critics of the policy said. Although they appreciate clarity from Obama on the issue, they anticipate that the demands of the economy and two wars are likely to trump a speedy policy Read more…
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I hope when he says he will end DADT that the military will end orientation discrimination.
But saying he will end DADT could mean that he will revert to pre-Clinton policies. Remember it was the black voters in California that pushed Proposition 8 over the top.
By extension, Tamlerlane was a great-great-etc grandson of Khan.
He claimed to be. I’m not sure that was ever proven to be true.
Hi Vin
Related to the issue of homosexuals and the military, I came across this link through a blog I read where a prominent gay gossip site urges the Log Cabin Republicans to leave and join the Whig Party.
http://www.afterelton.com/bgwe/01-16-09?page=0%2C2/
“Also Genghis Khan.”
By extension, Tamlerlane was a great-great-etc grandson of Khan.
So, if Obama ends Don’t Ask, which I agree with, does that mean the SF School District will let the Jr. ROTC back in? Probably not, the District and SF have always been anti-military, they just used Don’t Ask as an excuse.
Every statement these people make on LGBT issues is totally Clintonian. People hear what they want to hear.
Also Genghis Khan. I’m not sure why being related to two of history’s biggest mass murderers is awesome, but I find that claim by some of my family members to at least be credible – Genghis Khan and Tamerlane had a policy of spreading their seed as much as possible, and the Mongol tribes that my family intermarried in Siberia during the 300 years they were there did keep extensive oral records of ancestry.
On the other hand, I find my (now dead) grandfather’s claim to be a direct male lineal descendant of King David from the Bible to be less credible. I don’t think accurate enough records were during the two millenia of the Jewish diaspora to have any way of knowing something like that. But, if he had some hidden store of knowledge that died with him, I am also the first son of his first son. And if my dad has some sort of evidence, he has never admitted to it.
You’re related to Tamerlane, that is AWESOME.
First, we have to assume that Gibbs spoke accurately on behalf of the incoming administration, and that they will not change their mind.
Second, the one word answer is just cryptic enough to be slightly worrisome.
After all, going back to the policy in place before DADT would also fall under the “yes” answer.
I am reminded of my ancestor Tamerlane, who buried Armenians alive to technically satisfy his promise not to shed any of their blood.
MG, what would the military be like if there were no corruptly allocated contracts? Well, obviously, smaller. -smile-
Now if the military could get rid of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ in procurement scandals!
My name’s finally right now!
Oh sweet jeebus, yes!