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Cheney supports repealing 'Don't ask, don't tell'(Open Gays in the Military)
The Hill ^ | 2/14/2010 | Eric Zimmermann -

Posted on 02/14/2010 5:24:07 PM PST by Brices Crossroads

Former Vice President Dick Cheney came out in favor of repealing "Don't ask, don't tell," (DADT) today.

Cheney said that the support of military leaders had convinced him that it was time for a change.

"Twenty years ago the military were strong advocates of 'Don't ask, don't tell.' I think things have change significantly since then," Cheney said on ABC's "This Week."

I think that society has moved on. It's partly a generational question," he continued. "When the [Joint] Chiefs come forward and say 'we think we can do it,' is strikes me that it's time to reconsider the policy."

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cheney; dadt; dickcheney; dontask; dontaskdonttell; duh; gays; homosexualagenda; military; obama
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To: Gay State Conservative

I have heard that many soldiers have had to
undergo surgery to repair their rectums.
This is the silent surgery that is never
mentioned. Ask any doctor who has served
in the military.


21 posted on 02/14/2010 5:37:13 PM PST by cliff630
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To: Gay State Conservative

I have heard that many soldiers have had to
undergo surgery to repair their rectums.
This is the silent surgery that is never
mentioned. Ask any doctor who has served
in the military.


22 posted on 02/14/2010 5:38:15 PM PST by cliff630
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To: steve86

I understand, however it is hard to explain that to a liberal. To them social experimentation is social experimentation.


23 posted on 02/14/2010 5:38:23 PM PST by chargers fan
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To: Brices Crossroads

i am very disappointed in cheney.


24 posted on 02/14/2010 5:38:33 PM PST by gussiefinknottle (woof!woof!woof!)
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To: cliff630

I just lost my dinner.


25 posted on 02/14/2010 5:38:43 PM PST by NoKoolAidforMe (1-20-09--The Beginning of an Error..............1-20-13--Change we can look forward to)
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To: CincyRichieRich

Attacking our military with the irreversible onslaught of homosexuals is about as bad as it gets, evidently Cheney is not a conservative in some of the most important areas.


26 posted on 02/14/2010 5:38:44 PM PST by ansel12 (Mitt Romney and the Romney family traditionally, is at war with conservatism and traditional America)
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To: grobdriver
The Joint Chiefs are nothing more than politicians wearing uniforms.

Rather broad brush you're using, gomer. Not all of the Chiefs agree with Soetoro, Mullen, and Cheney.

EXCLUSIVE: Marine leads 'Don't ask, don't tell' fight

27 posted on 02/14/2010 5:39:31 PM PST by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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To: Vigilanteman

This is not social experimentation. Gays are already there. Its just now you will know positivly who they are.


28 posted on 02/14/2010 5:41:22 PM PST by tirednvirginia
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To: ansel12

Attacking our military with the irreversible onslaught of homosexuals is about as bad as it gets, evidently Cheney is not a conservative in some of the most important areas.


Maybe not, but you use what you can get and he produced one great, hard-hitting conservative daughter.


29 posted on 02/14/2010 5:41:56 PM PST by CincyRichieRich (Keep your head up and keep moving forward!)
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To: Brices Crossroads

Of course he does, why not?


30 posted on 02/14/2010 5:44:03 PM PST by BallyBill (WARNING:Taking me serious could cause stress related illness.)
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To: ansel12; All

I cannot believe that Cheney would betray the military this way when they are in the middle of two wars that he and Bush failed to finish. At a minimum, he is making a big mistake. The Joint Chiefs do just what the President tells them. This is no reason to reevaluate a policy like this.. To engage in a social experiment with the finest military in the world and in the middle of two wars is really contemptible.


31 posted on 02/14/2010 5:44:29 PM PST by Brices Crossroads
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To: CincyRichieRich

Some people here expect %100 agreement %100 of the time, or they are RINOs.


32 posted on 02/14/2010 5:44:54 PM PST by Perdogg ("Is that a bomb in your pants, or are you excited to come to America?")
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To: CincyRichieRich

Who gives a care about his family life, we are trying to save the American fighting forces from ruin.

Try and get some sense of scale here.


33 posted on 02/14/2010 5:45:31 PM PST by ansel12 (Mitt Romney and the Romney family traditionally, is at war with conservatism and traditional America)
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To: Brices Crossroads

Seems as though some of the GOP are deciding to throw in the towel and join the liberals.


34 posted on 02/14/2010 5:46:15 PM PST by little jeremiah (Asato Ma Sad Gamaya Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamaya)
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To: NoKoolAidforMe

there’s ,many
quickly
in survival training we have to share sleeping bags and get body warmth you think I want to do that with homosexuals especially if they have been looking at me anyway

will they then ask for homosexual parties and parades on base?
what if they do and they are refused?

will the chaplain be forced to marry two of the same sex?

will they get housing?

what if a private is having an affair with a SGT or officer and special treatment is given to his boy friend?
what if we are in Afghanistan and that boyfriend is not called on to check out an IED

will special promotions or medals be given?

will they be allowed to go and hold hands or kiss off duty in the bar on base?

imagine that you go for a drink and two of them are in the bar kissing.
will they be allowed to kiss or have sex on base?
if not and they do then what if they are charged, will the homosexual groups come in and say this is not right?

what if and anyone who has served in a fighting unit knows this then there is always fights between friends so what if I get into a fight wiht a homosexual and then he states that I beat him because he is queer, will I now face hate crimes and lose my job and pension because of his lies ?

this is for them to say I can fight and die for this country but I cannot marry or adopt kids.

it’s just another step for them to further their agenda and if anyone cannot see this then they are really dumb.

They say they want their life private well don’t ask gives them that so why are they now saying they want the world to know they’re queer?
for years they have been saying that their sexual life is private and they want the Govt out of it and now they want the Govt to make their private sexual life open.

we do nto share showers with women because women feel uncomfortable with being looked at in the shower so why does a woman or man now have to share a shower with a queer where the normal guy or gal feels uncomfortable

shall we now have cross dressers serving and shall we now have them be able to cross dress on base after work?

crap I coudl go on and on with all of these points and yet they cannot even think of 3 good points to overturn this and show me how this will improve the military.
I’ve not even gone into what we think of them or what will happen if they have sex and get caught or get caught looking at other marines


35 posted on 02/14/2010 5:46:53 PM PST by manc (WILL OBAMA EVER GO TO CHURCH ON A SUNDAY OR WILL HE LET THE MEDIA/THE LEFT BE FOOLED FOR EVER)
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To: Brices Crossroads

bookmark


36 posted on 02/14/2010 5:47:07 PM PST by massmike (...So this is what happens when OJ's jury elects the president....)
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To: Brices Crossroads
Sodomites corrupt everything in which they are involved.
The corrupt the language, gay was a good word and the
surname Gay is great.
They try to corrupt marriage, they corrupt most places
where they can get close to children.
Now the ITS are trying to corrupt our great Military.
37 posted on 02/14/2010 5:47:57 PM PST by HuntsvilleTxVeteran ((B.?) Hussein (Obama?Soetoro?Dunham?) Change America Will Die From.)
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To: chargers fan

Being born black is not under anyone’s control, it is unchangeable, and it is values neutral.

Homosexuality is a chosen act, disgusting, immoral, filthy, and people who engage is such acts are notorious for other criminal behavior. Homosexuals do not belong in the military.


38 posted on 02/14/2010 5:48:08 PM PST by little jeremiah (Asato Ma Sad Gamaya Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamaya)
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To: cliff630

Due to being raped?


39 posted on 02/14/2010 5:49:43 PM PST by little jeremiah (Asato Ma Sad Gamaya Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamaya)
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To: Perdogg

100% agreement

No. You can dispute the size of a tax cut or Supreme Court Justice, but when you start taking a whack at the U.S. Military which keeps us all safe you have crossed a line.


40 posted on 02/14/2010 5:49:47 PM PST by Brices Crossroads
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