A small group of congressional Democrats and the White House struck a compromise Monday to accelerate a vote on the issue, though the Pentagon's review is not due until December. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who gave a tepid endorsement of the new plan on Tuesday, supports the repeal but has urged Congress to hold off until the review is complete.
A small number says fox news? Odd, there are 193 co-sponsors to the bill...
Gates says he gave support to the bill because it repeals the policy when the military finishes its review of how to implement it which is due this fall.
A few reps oppose this because they see it as 'liberalling" up the military. However, 75% of the population supports the repeal AND the cost of the removal of the 15,000 military personnel because they were outed is in the 1.2 billion dollar range.
"Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by stupidity." "Light houses are more useful then churches" -Ben Franklin "This would be the best of all possible worlds if there were no religion in it." - John Adams
Great idea rush this through (because of Obama/DEMS tanking poll numbers) without waiting for input from military leaders? Maybe those that have to make this work in the battlefield should be consulted first?
First, I am not "anti-gay" - everyone is free to live their live the way they see best. But until the military is ready to address several "consequences" of this action, namely:
1. Gay marriage, male or female 2. Gay divorce 3. Gay adoption 4. Cohesion in the military 5. Recruiting efforts
and more, this should be halted IMHO
Repealing DADT would also force the repeal of the federal law that defines marriage as between a man a woman, as well as bring big issues involving the reinstatement of gay soldiers previously discharged under the policy.
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Countries that allow homosexuals to serve in the military" Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Bermuda Brazil Canada Colombia Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland Germany Ireland Israel Italy Lithuania Luxembourg Malta The Netherlands New Zealand Norway Peru Romania Russia South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom Uruguay
Countries who don't: * Cuba * China * Egypt * Greece * Iran * Jamaica * North Korea * Pakistan * Saudi Arabia * Serbia * Singapore * South Korea * Syria * Turkey * Venezuela * Yemen
The military spends an estimated $22,000 to $43,000 per person to replace those discharged under DADT. That's millions of OUR TAX dollars that the US could put to better purposes.
Since 1994, the military’s “Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy has resulted in the discharge of more than 13,000 military personnel across the services, including approximately 800 with skills deemed “mission critical,” such as pilots, combat engineers, and linguists.
At a time when our military is having problems filling it's ranks, eliminating DADT could help the enlistment shortage.
The military of Canada, The United Kingdom, Germany and Israel are modern, high tech, forces much like our own. Our missions and training are similar, with The UK serving along side the US in Iraq. The inclusion of gay and lesbian forces in their military has not diminished their effectiveness and should not effect ours.
Yup! If the law is telling me that I have to tolerate behaviors I find intolerable......then I have the right, by law, to exercise my right to free speech and speak out against it!
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Great idea rush this through (because of Obama/DEMS tanking poll numbers) without waiting for input from military leaders? Maybe those that have to make this work in the battlefield should be consulted first?
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