{"id":11007,"date":"2010-12-19T17:21:27","date_gmt":"2010-12-19T22:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=11007"},"modified":"2010-12-19T17:21:27","modified_gmt":"2010-12-19T22:21:27","slug":"dont-ask-dont-tell-repealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/dont-ask-dont-tell-repealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t ask don\u2019t tell repealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The US Senate has approved landmark legislation allowing openly gay people to serve in the military.<\/p>\n

Senators voted 65-31 to overturn the 1993 “don’t ask, don’t tell” law, which bars gay people in the military from revealing their sexual orientation.<\/p>\n

The House of Representatives had already approved the repeal bill. President Barack Obama says he is looking forward to signing it into law.<\/p>\n

Opponents argue that the change will damage troop morale at a time of war.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

John McCain isn\u2019t convinced<\/a> of the benefits of acquiescing to the demand that homosexuals be permitted to declare their less than conventional sexual proclivities while killing and dying in the service of their country:<\/p>\n

“They will do what is asked of them, but don’t think there won’t be a great cost,” McCain said of combat troops.<\/p>\n

McCain also said he blamed elite liberals for ramming through the legislation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Nor is<\/a> Marine Corps Chief, Gen. James Amos:<\/p>\n

In a background briefing with a handful of Pentagon reporters, Gen. James Amos said a repeal of the law that bans gays from openly serving could prove to be a life-threatening distraction for combat Marines. Fox News was not invited to the briefing, but the military newspaper “Stars and Stripes” provided an audio recording.<\/p>\n

“I don’t want to lose any Marines to the distraction,” Amos said. “I don’t want to have any Marines that I’m visiting at Bethesda [National Naval Medical Center, in Maryland] with no legs be the result of any type of distraction.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

No to worry though, the important thing is, Lady Gaga has given it her seal of approval<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“Can’t hold back the tears+pride,” tweeted Lady Gaga, who had been using her pop star status to campaign for the bill’s repeal. “We did it! Our voice was heard + today the Senate REPEALED DADT. A triumph for equality after 17 YEARS.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Who is correct? Only time will tell: of course, if McCain and Amos are, it might be too late for them to tell Lady Gaga, \u201cI told you so\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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