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  • Soldiers say they'd leave military if 'gay' ban lifted

    01/07/2009 10:05:08 AM PST · by TaraP · 128 replies · 3,933+ views
    One News ^ | Jan 7th, 2009
    A conservative military watchdog is very concerned about a recent survey of military personnel that indicates a significant number of service members might leave the all-volunteer force if the ban on open homosexuals in the military is lifted. The annual survey was conducted by the Military Times, which once again asked active duty personnel if they oppose the effort led by Congresswoman Ellen Tauscher (D-California) to repeal the 1993 law -- Section 654, Title 10 -- which clearly states that open homosexuals are not allowed in the military. Approximately 58 percent of the respondents indicated that they were in favor...
  • Obama expected to press repeal of military ban on 'gays'

    12/06/2008 3:22:53 AM PST · by IbJensen · 162 replies · 3,494+ views
    OneNewsNow ^ | 12/5/2008 | Chad Groening
    A conservative pro-family leader believes the Obama administration will move sooner rather than later to attempt to repeal the law that forbids homosexuals from serving in the military. In recent weeks there have been conflicting reports about a timetable for the new, more heavily Democratic-controlled Congress to try to repeal the 1993 law that bans homosexuals from the military. The Washington Times reported that president-elect Barack Obama will not move for months, perhaps not until 2010, to ask Congress to repeal the ban. The paper quoted two sources who advised the Obama transition team about the potentially explosive issue. But...
  • EXCLUSIVE: Obama to delay repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell'

    11/20/2008 7:30:55 PM PST · by pissant · 37 replies · 930+ views
    Wash TImes ^ | 11/21/08 | Rowan Scarborough
    President-elect Barack Obama will not move for months, and perhaps not until 2010, to ask Congress to end the military's decades-old ban on open homosexuals in the ranks, two people who have advised the Obama transition team on this issue say. Repealing the ban was an Obama campaign promise. However, Mr. Obama first wants to confer with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and his new political appointees at the Pentagon to reach a consensus and then present legislation to Congress, the advisers said. "I think 2009 is about foundation building and reaching consensus," said Aubrey Sarvis, executive director of the...
  • Gays in the Military -- Can We Afford It?

    08/13/2008 9:33:59 AM PDT · by Hillary'sMoralVoid · 42 replies · 138+ views
    08/12/08 | HMV
    With the DNC platform supporting gays serving openly in the military, the question arises, can we afford it? Logically, the number of gays would increase in the military if they could serve openly. With that comes the greater opportunity for AIDS/HIV. Are we prepared to classify AIDS/HIV as a service-related disability and provide a lifetime of treatment for practicing unsafe sex? No doubt, the homosexual lobby will reiterate the lie that AIDS?HIV is not just a gay disease, but anyone with an ounce of sense knows how it is primarily spread. What abour housing for gay couples, the officers and...
  • Revisiting 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'

    07/24/2008 12:25:49 PM PDT · by pissant · 11 replies · 195+ views
    Time ^ | 7/24/08 | John Cloud
    Today Congress is holding its first hearing in 15 years on the "Don't ask, don't tell" policy barring bisexuals, gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military. The hearings, called by a House Armed Services subcommittee, are likely to be more notable for the fact that they are being held at all rather than anything of substance they may produce. The simple fact that the hearings are taking place offers the most significant indication yet that the U.S. is finally reconsidering its strange policy of enforced hypocrisy that came to be called "Don't ask, don't tell." The hearings should...
  • Democrats prepare for battle over lifting of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'

    07/22/2008 8:42:29 PM PDT · by SmithL · 15 replies · 101+ views
    San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 7/22/8 | Carolyn Lochhead
    Democrats are preparing next year to lift the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" ban on gays in the military, an uneasy culture-war compromise instituted under the last Democratic administration, should Sen. Barack Obama win the presidency. Rep. Ellen Tauscher, the Walnut Creek Democrat, said a hearing Wednesday by a House Armed Services subcommittee is aimed at educating Congress and the public in preparation for a full-scale push to end the policy, first imposed in 1993 under President Bill Clinton, in the next Congress. By then, Democrats expect to have won the White House and to have expanded their House and Senate...
  • Does 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Have a Future?

    06/27/2008 10:29:47 PM PDT · by flowerplough · 7 replies · 182+ views
    DiversityInc ^ | 27 June | Darryl C. Hannah
    "Don't ask, don't tell" was a compromise that has been vilified since its inception in 1993. Former President Bill Clinton had campaigned that he would lift the ban barring LGBT people from serving in the military and allow them to serve openly. Once in office, he ran into opposition, and "don't ask, don't tell" (DADT) was born. A compromise that makes neither side happy, the policy prohibits the military from asking service members about their orientation and requires the military to discharge members who acknowledge openly that they are LGBT. Fast forward 15 years and now, even politicians who supported...
  • ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Hits Women Much More

    06/22/2008 6:09:57 PM PDT · by SkyPilot · 29 replies · 321+ views
    NY Slimes ^ | 22 June 08 | THOM SHANKER
    WASHINGTON — The Army and Air Force discharged a disproportionate number of women in 2007 under the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that prohibits openly gay people from serving in the military, according to Pentagon statistics gathered by an advocacy group. While women make up 14 percent of Army personnel, 46 percent of those discharged under the policy last year were women. And while 20 percent of Air Force personnel are women, 49 percent of its discharges under the policy last year were women.
  • Dems reluctant to take on ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’(Sam Nunn wants to revisit the issue)

    06/16/2008 6:39:32 PM PDT · by Red Steel · 12 replies · 121+ views
    Journal Inquirer ^ | June 11, 2008 | Anne Flaherty
    Associated Press WASHINGTON — Democrats say the nation should be ashamed of its ban on gays serving openly in the military. It discourages qualified people from joining the ranks at a time when the armed forces are stretched by two wars, they say, and is degrading to those willing to serve their country. So what have the Democrats done about it? Nothing, really. Since taking control of Congress in January 2007, Democrats have not convened hearings on the matter or taken up legislation that would let gays serve openly, although most party members favor repealing the prohibition. Instead, Democrats have...
  • Conservative Bob Barr Calls on GOP to Oppose 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' (June 2007)

    06/06/2008 1:55:16 PM PDT · by pissant · 20 replies · 558+ views
    Breitbart ^ | June 7, 2007 | staff
    SANTA BARBARA, Calif., June 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Former Republican Congressman Bob Barr has published an op-ed in todays Wall Street Journal calling for the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell," the policy which prohibits gay men and lesbians from serving openly in the military. Barr, who was a member of Congress from 1995 to 2003, opposes same-sex marriage as well as efforts to classify gays and lesbians as members of a constitutionally protected minority class. On the gays-in-the-military issue, however, Barr feels differently. In the Wall Street Journal op-ed, he argued that allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in...
  • Gays in the military--the next battlefront

    06/04/2008 5:19:51 PM PDT · by Graybeard58 · 5 replies · 41+ views
    Renew America ^ | June 2, 2008 | Wes Vernon
    First off, this is a column about national security — period. It is not about homosexuality per se. I don't want to know about whatever lawful activity two civilians — in a civilian setting — conduct behind closed doors. It's none of my business. At the same time, the lives of millions of Americans depend on a strong dedicated cohesive well-disciplined military, and that is everyone's business. That is what this column is about — enabling those brave Americans sent into harm's way to do their job — protecting your security and mine. Our lives could very well depend on...
  • Obama would ditch ‘Don’t ask’

    04/10/2008 11:18:33 PM PDT · by Red Steel · 6 replies · 97+ views
    Boston Herald ^ | Friday, April 11, 2008
    By Associated Press WASHINGTON - Barack Obama said if he is elected president, he will repeal the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that prevents gays from serving openly in the military. The Illinois senator and Democratic presidential candidate said he would not require his Joint Chiefs of Staff to be opposed to the policy, which was introduced during the Clinton administration. He said his priority for the Joint Chiefs would be that they make decisions to strengthen the military and keep the country safe, not their position on the policy. “We’re spending large sums of money to kick highly qualified...
  • Obama Promises to Dismantle Our Armed Forces

    04/10/2008 9:49:23 AM PDT · by Anti-Hillary · 33 replies · 40+ views
    Human Events ^ | 4-10-08 | Robert Maginnis
    YouTube has an undated 52-second clip of Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barrack Obama outlining his plans for America’s national defense. Obama’s presentation demonstrates either total naivete about important national security programs or he is just pandering for votes among the extreme left. Watch Obama’s message and consider some inconvenient facts about his national security promises. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl32Y7wDVDs “I’m the only major candidate to oppose this war from the beginning and as president I will end it.” No one likes war: especially those who have to do the fighting and dying. Yet, our military leaders make clear that the consequences of a...
  • Hillary Pledges Support for Homosexuals, Repeal of Military "Don't Ask Don't Tell" Policy

    04/08/2008 4:39:46 PM PDT · by wagglebee · 45 replies · 49+ views
    LifeSiteNews ^ | 4/8/08 | John Connolly
    WASHINGTON, D.C., April 8, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton appeared on Ellen Degeneres' television talk show on April 7 to pledge support for the homosexual community if she is elected.Degeneres, who is openly homosexual, made Clinton's support of homosexuality a prominent feature of the show. Clinton, who spoke about homosexual friends and neighbors she has had in the past, vowed to procure legal recognition for same-sex couples like Degeneres and her partner, Portia de Rossi."I'm going to do everything I can to make sure that people like you and Portia and others have a chance to have,...
  • Defense Department Told to Restore Military Readiness

    03/29/2008 6:09:22 AM PDT · by RogerFGay · 3 replies · 540+ views
    MensNewsDaily.com ^ | March 29, 2008 | Jim Kouri, CPP
    US military forces, and ground forces in particular, have operated at a high pace since the attacks of September 11, 2001, including the support of ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Between 2001 and July 2007, approximately 931,000 US Army and Marine Corps service members deployed for overseas military operations, including about 312,000 National Guard or Reserve members, according to the Department of Defense. To support ongoing military operations and related activities, the US Congress has appropriated billions of dollars since 2001, and through September 2007, the Department of Defense has reported obligating about $492.2 billion to cover these...
  • Analyst: Lifting homosexual ban could drive up HIV rates in the military, hurt readiness

    10/22/2007 12:02:08 PM PDT · by Finally Awake · 15 replies · 164+ views
    Analyst: Lifting homosexual ban could drive up HIV rates in the military, hurt readiness Chad Groening OneNewsNow.com October 22, 2007 A conservative military watchdog says there would be serious readiness problems in the military if the next president repealed the law that prohibits homosexuals from serving in the military. Hear this Report advertisement Elaine Donnelly is president of the Center for Military Readiness, based in Michigan. Earlier this month she sponsored a panel discussion on the likely social and disciplinary impact of repealing the 1993 law that bans homosexual conduct in the military. She says since that law was passed,...
  • Mongolian conqueror Genghis Khan banned gay sex, experts say

    09/01/2007 5:21:19 PM PDT · by GeorgeKant · 43 replies · 1,365+ views
    AP ^ | 2007-08-30
    BEIJING, Aug 30 (AP) -- Gay sex was punishable by death under Genghis Khan's rule. That was among the findings of Chinese researchers who spent more than a year compiling the legendary Mongolian conqueror's code of laws, the official Xinhua News Agency said Thursday. His early 13th century empire stretched across Asia all the way to central Europe. Article 48 of the code said men who "committed sodomy shall be put to death," according to experts at a research institute in the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia. The experts at the Research Institute of Ancient Mongolian Laws and Sociology said...
  • Democrat Rep. (Ellen Tauscher): Troops need more rest

    08/11/2007 9:18:17 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 16 replies · 454+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 8/11/07 | Erica Werner - ap
    WASHINGTON - Democrats on Saturday touted legislation to guarantee troops time at home between deployments to Iraq. In the party's weekly radio address, Rep. Ellen Tauscher, D-Calif., criticized President Bush for threatening to veto the bill, contending his administration's policies on troop deployments have weakened the military. "The president's surge has sent many of our Army units to Iraq for the second and third time. We are asking our troops to make heroic sacrifices — yet as soon as they return we rush them back into battle," said Tauscher, author of the bill that passed the House Aug. 2 on...
  • There is a difference between military men and women

    08/11/2007 12:26:02 AM PDT · by JohnHuang2 · 36 replies · 1,415+ views
    TownHall.com ^ | 8/11/07 | By Kathryn Jean Lopez
    During a recent Democratic debate, both Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama indicated that all female U.S. citizens should register for the Selective Service. Neither candidate was as ridiculous as former Alaska Sen. Mike Gravel, who said, when it comes to men and women being drafted, "What's the difference?" But the radical and dangerous implications of the front-runners' policies are not that far from Gravel's query. The attitude the Democrats have on this issue has already caused harm to the military. Elaine Donnelly, president of the Center for Military Readiness, has been watching the feminization of military-personnel policy for decades....
  • ENSURING MILITARY READINESS THROUGH STABILITY AND PREDICTABILITY..(Duncan Hunter)

    08/08/2007 11:33:37 AM PDT · by pissant · 18 replies · 446+ views
    Library of Congress ^ | August 2, 2007 | Duncan Hunter
    Mr. HUNTER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself as much time as I might consume. Mr. Speaker, this is a well-motivated bill. I want to commend my colleagues on the Armed Services Committee for all the great work that they do, Democrat and Republican. Most of the time we're on common ground. In this case, I think that this bill does not accrue to the benefit of the troops. I think it hurts the troops. I think that is a question every Member of the House has to ask themselves: Is this going to be good for the troops, or is...