Re: ACTION ALERT: Tell the Senate and House to Pass DADT Repeal NOW!

Well, I do support the repeal, but also recall that Clinton EO'd DADT
to override an overwhelimngly DEMOCRAT congress' OVERWHELMINGLY (ie
veto-proof) recodification of the outright BAN on gays in the
military.

On Dec 16, 1:25 pm, DinnerAtMoes <pinto...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Reps. Hoyer and Patrick Murphy have announced they will introduce a
> > free-standing companion bill to the Lieberman/Collins stand-alone bill
> > torepeal"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" in the Senate. House passage could
> > increase pressure on the Senate to move onrepealto send the bill to
> > the President's desk. We all need to increase our pressure on both
> > houses now and whip these important votes forDADTrepealnow.
>
> << snip >>
>
> Bad news.  Recall that when DADT was first enacted Gays 'said' that
> they only wanted to serve, and that their sexual preference was not
> the issue.  Since that time we have learned that the ability to
> broadcast their sexual preference is now the requirement. It is past
> time that the population says that we have had enough.  Why is it so
> difficult to not broadcast your sexual preference?  Those who cannot
> accept this criteria should not be serving in uniform.  Additionally,
> if your sexual preference is the controlling factor in your life, you
> need therapy and not 12 weeks of boot camp.

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