Do you think that’s what the E/O is about?
I don’t know and have no inside knowledge. I do know this, however. Sodomy is prohibited by the UCMJ and homosexuals, unlike heterosexuals, have very few options for sexual activity except sodomy.
So, for homosexuals to serve in the military AND not violate the UCMJ, they must essentially remain celibate during their tour.
Since it’s unlikely they do that (one of the arguments against letting them serve in the first place), for Obama to lift DADT, he probably is trying to combine it with also changing the law that prohibits homosexual sex in the military.
IOW, the first issue that lifting DADT raises is, okay, now what is the military policy on homosexual sodomy? Will it be allowed even though sodomy is prohibited by the UCMJ for everyone else? Will the Administration look stupid, and tick off the gay lobby, if it tries to say homosexuals can serve openly in the military, but they still can’t commit sodomy because that’s prohibited by the UCMJ?
Of course, the White House has no clue of all the legal issues it will get tangled up with if it goes ahead with its pandering plan to lift DADT. Besides UCMJ issues, the President and his DOJ will quickly be involved in lawsuits to extend military benefits (housing, joint travel orders, adoption assistance, medical insurance, commissary privileges, etc.) to homosexual partners — the list goes on.
And each and every issue will be one upon which, I can guarandamntee, our President will “act stupidly.” He’ll come out and say, “Yes, male homosexual partners should be able to join the Officers’ Wives Club” or whatever and it will be Cambridge/Ground Zero Mosque all over again.
P.S. I’m pretty sure one constituency Obama is trying very hard to reenergize before the mid-terms is homosexuals.