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   NY TIMES: House votes to allow repeal of "Don't Ask / Don't Tell"

   stfuconservatives:

   inothernews:

   The House voted Thursday to let the Defense Department repeal the ban on gay and bisexual people from serving openly in the military, a major step toward dismantling the 1993 law widely known as “don’t ask, don’t tell.”

   Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, who sponsored the repeal measure, said the ban did not “reflect the best values of our country.”

   The provision would allow military commanders to repeal the ban. The repeal would permit gay men and lesbians to serve openly in the military for the first time.

   It was adopted as an amendment to the annual Pentagon policy bill, which the House is expected to vote on Friday. The repeal would be allowed 60 days after a Pentagon report is completed on the ramifications of allowing openly gay service members, and military leaders certify that it would not be disruptive. The report is due by Dec. 1.

   The House vote was 234 to 194, with 229 Democrats and 5 Republicans in favor, after an emotionally charged debate. Opposed were 168 Republicans and 26 Democrats.

   Supporters of the repeal hailed it as a matter of basic fairness and civil rights, while opponents charged that Democrats and President Obama were destabilizing the military to advance a liberal social agenda.

   “On Memorial Day, America will come together and honor all who served our nation in uniform,” Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a floor speech, noting the symbolic timing of the debate. “I urge my colleagues to vote for the repeal of this discriminatory policy of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ and make America more American.”

    O…M…G…. did I see Lieberman in there, saying something that wasn’t completely head-up-the-ass?!

   Excuse me while I go look outside and see if I spot 4 horsemen….

   1. odhsprn reblogged this from stfuconservatives and added:

      Took long enough jeez.

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      I don’t know how i feel about this. I love the fact that the nation is giving gay individuals the right to openly show...

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      Today, while I was working at my new job on the Air Force base, I was handed a manual to read. It touched on basic...

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      stfuconservatives, inothernews...FUCK YES. A step in the right direction!

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       Get that shit, Pelosi. I do wonder though, why everyone’s hemming and hawwing about DADT, but I feel like I haven’t...

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       O…M…G…. did I see Lieberman in there, saying something that wasn’t completely head-up-the-ass?! Excuse me while I go...

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       Really, opponents? Really?

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