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Senate Passes Bill to Lift Military Gay Ban
WSJ On-Line ^ | 12/18/10 | NATHAN HODGE

Posted on 12/18/2010 1:13:48 PM PST by Pontiac

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To: Pontiac; AdmSmith; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; bigheadfred; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

It passed Bill alright -- DADT became Clinton policy. Thanks Pontiac. No more DADT, no more gays in the military:
Don't ask, don't tell (DADT) is the term commonly used for the policy restricting the United States military from efforts to discover or reveal closeted homosexual or bisexual servicemembers or applicants, while barring those who are openly gay, lesbian, or bisexual from military service. The restrictions are mandated by federal law Pub.L. 103-160 (10 U.S.C. § 654). The policy prohibits people who "demonstrate a propensity or intent to engage in homosexual acts" from serving in the armed forces of the United States, because their presence "would create an unacceptable risk to the high standards of morale, good order and discipline, and unit cohesion that are the essence of military capability." (10 U.S.C. § 654(b))

141 posted on 12/19/2010 4:53:12 PM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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