On Tuesday, in the first Congressional hearing on the issue in 17 years, Mr. Gates and Admiral Mullen will unveil the Pentagon’s initial plans for carrying out a repeal, which requires an act of Congress. Gay rights leaders say they expect Mr. Gates to announce in the interim that the Defense Department will not take action to discharge service members whose sexual orientation is revealed by third parties or jilted partners, one of the most onerous aspects of the law. Pentagon officials had no comment.
The infamous "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Law may be about to see it's last year as law. My enthusiasm could be totally uncalled for but I emphatically believe that this law is one of the dumbest enacted by the Congress of these United States. How it has been upheld all these years (it has been around since 1993) is a mystery to me. But of course the Party of No has some issues *sigh*. The following is taken from the same article cited above;
But Republicans are already signaling that they are not eager to take up the issue. “In the middle of two wars and in the middle of this giant security threat,” Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio, the Republican leader, said Sunday on “Meet the Press” on NBC, “why would we want to get into this debate?”
Here we go again. Simple truth? In the middle of two wars and in the middle of this giant security threat now is most definitely the time to get into this debate. Good service men and women (totalling 13,000 since 1993) have been forced out of the military for no other reason beyond their sexual orientation. What utter foolishness. Ladies and gents I say it's time to abandon this stupid law. Do this Obama and you will regain my respect.
Article cited: Bumiller, Elizabeth. " Forces Pushing Obama on 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'." published Jan. 31,2010. New York Times.
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