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Another Sane Step in DADT

 
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Ya-ta Boy



Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994

PostPosted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 7:14 am    Post subject: Another Sane Step in DADT Reply with quote

The wheels of justice turn exceedingly slowly, but they do turn.

Pentagon changes rules for discharging gays

WASHINGTON � Defense Secretary Robert Gates Thursday approved new rules that will make it harder to discharge gays from the military, calling the changes a matter of "common sense and common decency."

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Hallelujah! It's about time we saw movement on the civil rights issue of our time. Half step by baby step, the Obama Administration is moving things in the right direction.

At last.
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Fox



Joined: 04 Mar 2009

PostPosted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 4:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I feel like the military is pretty much ready to move on from this ridiculous policy; sure there are some people that still have a problem with homosexuals, but that's true in a cross-section of the American population in general. It feels like it's angry cranks in the Senate that are the real obstruction to progress, not the military itself.
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Triban



Joined: 14 Jul 2009
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 6:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

They have a right to face the meat grinder like anyone else.
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sharkey



Joined: 12 Oct 2008

PostPosted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 10:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

A gay man's gun bullet is just as deadly as a straight man's bullet.
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visitorq



Joined: 11 Jan 2008

PostPosted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 10:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

"anyone dumb enough to wanna join the US military... should be allowed in"
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bacasper



Joined: 26 Mar 2007

PostPosted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 12:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yet another sad day.

I support equal rights, however, and thus feel that heterosexuals as well should be disqualified from military service.
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Kuros



Joined: 27 Apr 2004

PostPosted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Senate repeals DADT
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Nowhere Man



Joined: 08 Feb 2004

PostPosted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 3:04 pm    Post subject: ... Reply with quote

An end of an embarrassing era.
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Ya-ta Boy



Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 3:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's gratifying when we take a step toward the ideal of equality Jefferson expressed so well.

It's also gratifying to see Obama's strategy of moving repeal through Congress rather than let it happen via the courts. It was the correct strategy. Good call, Mr. President.

Prediction: One of Obama's campaign promises in '12 will be repeal of DOMA.
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