House Passes repeal of DADT
I saw this right before I left the Gym today.
For the second time this year, the House voted to dismantle the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, giving the Senate a final shot in the waning days of this Congress at changing a law requiring thousands of uniformed gays to hide their sexual identity. The strong 250-175 House vote Wednesday propels the issue to the Senate, where supporters of repeal say they have the votes but perhaps not the time to get the bill to the floor.
But you know what I really don’t care what the outcome of this is but, I am bothered by two things. One is that considering the statements about those that those that opposed it should consider leaving then what was the point of all those surveys put out on AKO? There are even emails going out to writers on Army Strong Stories.
Hello Army Strong Stories Bloggers –
The “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy continues to draw widespread national attention as politicians and senior military leaders debate whether to repeal the law. LTC Andre Dean has spear-headed a discussion on the debate through his latest Army Strong Stories blog post.
Army Strong Stories is designed to harness conversation topics of this manner, and you’re encouraged to share your thoughts on this, and other topics, as active members of the blogging community. MAJ Benjamin Grimes has already added to the conversation, encouraging readers to share their opinions in his latest post: .
Consider sharing your perspective on DADT either through blog posts or comments on other posts. As always, please be mindful of the blogging guidelines and be respectful of others when sharing your comments.
– The Army Strong Stories Team
So why go through all this effort if it is not going to change the outcome.
Secondly I have to ask how well Afghanistan would be right now if the this same effort in fighting the Taliban as being applied to repealing DADT how better off we would be?
Category: Terror War
I really have to ask WHY DADT is so damned important NOW. I mean I have NO memory of the congress saying ANYTHING about DADT in say 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 etc. Hell the Dems CONTROLLED the debate from 2008 onward. Why is it that just a few weeks before they are going to lose power its suddenly an emergency.
C’mon, Sporkster, quit using logic! It’s interesting that they tell the hetero soldiers, which makes up the vast majority of the military by well over 90%, that if they don’t like it, they can get out. Why not tell that to the minority of soldiers who are gay, instead?
I find this all to be am attempt to dismantle the Marine corps.
You see, they’re saying if you don’t like the reversel, straight soldiers can just get out. And as we all know, that’s pretty much just the Marine corps, so…
you really must not have hung out with Marines too much.
Oh, see now OT, now you’re just being anti-ghey and a bigot… /flyboy mode
Future Marine….slight lesson here…there’s no soldiers in the Marine Corps, I’m sure your DI will set you straight on that one!
I really have to ask WHY DADT is so damned important NOW. I mean I have NO memory of the congress saying ANYTHING about DADT in say 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 etc. Hell the Dems CONTROLLED the debate from 2008 onward. Why is it that just a few weeks before they are going to lose power its suddenly an emergency.
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Because repeal of DADT is a stepping stone to repeal of DOMA and creation of “same-sex marriage”. The LGBT movement has thus far failed to get “same-sex marriage” through the ballot box and the courts, so now they are changing strategy and using the military to get their end goal. Their reasoning post DADT repeal will be “homosexual couples can’t get the same benefits as married couples in the military, so we need to have ‘same-sex marriage’ in order to make it fair for homosexual couples in the military”. And the reason they need to do this now is because they know a GOP-controlled House is likely not going to put repeal of DADT high on their agenda (imagine that, putting things like the economy and unemployment higher on their agenda than DADT). So they’re pushing for it now, so that they can start the next part of their plan for same-sex marriage. If repeal fails, it sets them back.
The public and the courts stood up to the LGBT movement, but the military rolled over. Credit where it is due… the LGBT movement knew the military wouldn’t stand up to them, because they’d rather an issue go away than have it be a distraction.
I went 10 years on AD without the same “benefits” as a married service member when I was single. My attitude wasn’t the one of convenience marriage (like a lot of guys did) but I didn’t see DoD bending over (no pun intended) for me either.
the lawsuits have already started to compensate gays that were kicked out of the service over the past ten years. There will be a lot of litigation over why so and so was discharged and why they were singled out for harrasement.
I can clearly argue that married soldiers have *some* benefits over single soldiers. But then I really wouldn’t want a BMW.
Sparky I would argue that the days of the Generals telling Congress where they can stick it are over. Clinton kinda forced out most of the officers that have balls. Now the only way to get anything through the congress is to make the smallest waves possible. Sadly even if the CSA ans CMC were to strait up say “this is F**king retarded” AF and Navy will not only roll over for it, they’ll drop trow if ordered to.
Patrick Murphy was saying some nonsense about kicking doors in. What the hell does a lawyer know about kicking in a door, or for that matter, being a soldier?