"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" unconstitutional!
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Cormac wrote...
If we never address the problem it will never get fixed. It is a problem if gays are being harassed by there fellows. If we don't remove DADT the problem will never get better. By keeping DADT in place the military is hiding gays, and in turn the harassment they receive. A gay can't report the harassment because it will violate DADT, and he/she will be kicked from the army. This is unfair, and unjust. That is my biggest complaint with this law; that it's unfair. Besides the fact that it's a obvious violation of the first amendment. .
Don't get me wrong I don't support Don't ask Don't tell and if they don't address the issue by keeping DADT then it will never get fixed, all I'm saying is because of the round about thinking of the military and their lack of an ability to confront issues head on I see why they have this policy.
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Looking up information on Don't Ask, Don't Tell... I found this little quote...
"Changing national policy in this respect through the Armed Forces is a dangerous path to pursue as it effects [sic] the ability of the Military Establishment to fulfill its mission."
Most people would think this quote came from John McCain or Republicans. This in fact came from Gen. Clifton Cates, Commandant of the US Marine Corps in 1949. He strongly disagreed with President Harry Truman's plan to integrate blacks into the military.
Most of the soldiers now serving have grown up with gays. We've all seen lesbians on TV who are normal. Most younger people have grown up around gays and find them as being perfectly normal people.
"Changing national policy in this respect through the Armed Forces is a dangerous path to pursue as it effects [sic] the ability of the Military Establishment to fulfill its mission."
Most people would think this quote came from John McCain or Republicans. This in fact came from Gen. Clifton Cates, Commandant of the US Marine Corps in 1949. He strongly disagreed with President Harry Truman's plan to integrate blacks into the military.
Most of the soldiers now serving have grown up with gays. We've all seen lesbians on TV who are normal. Most younger people have grown up around gays and find them as being perfectly normal people.