Brian ~ I am so glad that I got to go and get blown up, shot at, nearly drowned when my tank was blown off of a bridge in Iraq, Mortared, Rocketed, nearly fucking electrocuted. Just so a GAY ARMY VETERAN like my self can have solice in knowing that the equal rights that are a part of the constitution that I gave my live to defend and that Americans all enjoy only apply to Rich Biggoted Christian Scumbags.
I think that every gay, lesbian, bisexual- Soldier, Sailor, Airman, and Marine should go an extra step and come out of the closet at the same time. Really! Grow a pair and come out. Their is nothing the military could do at that point but to repeal it, cause they would be letting A LOT of people go.
U. S. Army Veteran Michael from LeonardMatlovich.com speaking in regards to President Obama's role in the DADT issue ~
1. The same person who promised in 2007 that, "As president, I will work with Congress and place the weight of my administration behind enactment of the Military Readiness Enhancement Act[MREA], which will make nondiscrimination the official policy of the U.S. military," ...and then sat on his ass except to back Gates' demand that the MREA be gutted.
“Pelosi said the House WEAKENED ITS REPEAL LANGUAGE TO MOLLIFY THE WHITE HOUSE. Military leaders REFUSED TO ACCEPT LANGUAGE THAT WOULD BAR DISCRIMINATION, so the clause was dropped.” - “The Huffington Post,” June 3, 2010.
2. The same person who promised in 2007: "I will task the Defense Department and the senior command structure in every branch of the armed forces with developing an action plan for the implementation of a full repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell," ....and then backed Gates' scheme to, instead, come up with a study that would push the vote to today's disaster.
3. The same person who said in 2007: "That work should have started long ago. It will start when I take office,"....but....see "sat on ass" above.
4. The same person who said in 2007: "America is ready to get rid of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy. All that is required is leadership,"...and then refused to provide it.
5. The same person who Reid virtually begged LAST year to start providing that leadership.
"I therefore request that you bring to Congress your recommendations on DADT. Your leadership is greatly ... needed at this time." - letter from Harry Reid, September 2009.
6. The same person who Levin virtually begged in June of LAST year to start providing that leadership, saying, "This cannot be addressed successfully without that kind of leadership.”
7. The same person who had to be dragged by our allies in Congress to agreeing to support ANY vote in the House in May of this year.
“The final push [for ‘repeal’] came from the Hill, where key members of Congress who support ‘repeal’, like Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI), the powerful chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, made it clear that they were moving forward with 'repeal' legislation with or without the White House's blessing." - “Talking Points Memo,” May 26, 2010.
8. The same person who has asserted that DADT is Constitutional when the Supremes have never ruled on it.
9. The same person who's refused to use his legal powers under federal law 10 USC 12305 to end gay discharges in the name of national security pending repeal even as he's said they, "weaken national security," and despite calls from Reid, Levin, Pelosi, and multiple other members of Congress to do just that.
10. The same person who fought to kill three legal challenges to DADT, succeeding in killing one, and is now fighting to have the two rulings against the ban overturned.
11. The same person being sued by the ACLU for perpetuating the Bush policy of giving gays discharged only 50% of the pay they have coming to them.
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