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Obama ends gays in military ban
Associated Press ^ | July 22, 2011 | LOLITA C. BALDOR and ERICA WERNER

Posted on 07/22/2011 1:37:25 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama has formally repealed the ban on gays serving openly in the military.

Administration officials say Obama on Friday signed a certification ending the 17-year-old "don't ask don't tell" policy.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dadt; homosexualagenda; military; obama; palin; usarmy
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To: ivyleaguebrat
None taken.

Yet quoting then insulting without providing a rational rebuttal—hell any rebuttal at all—only proves you are a benighted liberal homophile.

Sucking in the Leftist homosexual agenda are you?

Sad

81 posted on 07/23/2011 6:45:55 AM PDT by Happy Rain ("Will Geico save you 15% on your insurance? Is Obama an evil Marxist tyrannical son of a bitch?")
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To: Theodore R.

The repeal of DADT (which would go into effect when DoD and the president certified that it wouldn’t harm the military, which Panetta and Obama just did) passed both houses in December 2010 and signed into law on December 22. Toomey did not become a Senator until January 2011. While his words of support for repeal certainly did not help our cause, it’s a bit of a stretch to blame Toomey for the repeal when it happened before he even got to the Senate.


82 posted on 07/23/2011 6:59:42 AM PDT by AuH2ORepublican (If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll protect your rights?)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Well, there goes the military....

What the queers don’t get is that DODT was for their own safety. Open queers in the military will lead to more friendly fire deaths, because the majority of military won’t trust them at all.


83 posted on 07/23/2011 7:46:10 AM PDT by reaganaut (Ex-Mormon, now Christian - "I once was lost, but now am found; was blind but now I see")
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To: saltus
Lifesitenews is not a reliable source.

They have a sometimes Conservative posture, sometimes Libertarian agenda. Sometimes for religious conscience, sometimes against it. Nothing consistent or coherent.

I can see why you got zotted on another thread. Lying morally devoid leftists are not welcomed around these parts.

84 posted on 07/23/2011 2:25:01 PM PDT by DBeers (†)
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To: Retain Mike

Well, retain Mike, I agree with everything you said.

But what gets this military mom most is that my handsome well built Marine son now has to shower with open homosexuals in what he considers his own home.


85 posted on 07/23/2011 3:24:58 PM PDT by keats5 (Not all of us are hypnotized.)
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To: Retain Mike

Well, retain Mike, I agree with everything you said.

But what gets this military mom most is that my handsome well built Marine son now has to shower with open homosexuals in what he considers his own home.


86 posted on 07/23/2011 3:25:34 PM PDT by keats5 (Not all of us are hypnotized.)
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To: juliej

Most young people in the military don’t really seem to care one way or another. Those of us that do just grumble under our breaths. For now it seems a live and let live in regards to differing viewpoints.


87 posted on 07/23/2011 3:50:38 PM PDT by chargers fan
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To: Sola Veritas

Amendments can be repealed.

Once Sarah takes office she can conduct a full scale, one time only, participation mandatory poll where every service member answers “YES”, “NO”, “DON’T CARE”.

No BS this time.

I am sure the results will be overwhelming in favor of returning to DADT.


88 posted on 07/23/2011 4:00:18 PM PDT by Ronin (Obamanation has replaced Bizarroworld as the most twisted place in the universe.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
That objective in turn relies for vindication on the 1973 American Psychiatric Association (APA) decision to remove homosexuality as a mental disorder from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual.

Biblically-based counselors are the only ones that hold that homosexuality is a sin; thus a mental disorder.

Think about this in your choice of mental health professionals. Try NANIC counselors.

89 posted on 07/23/2011 4:09:33 PM PDT by Salvavida (The restoration of the U.S.A. starts with filling the pews at every Bible-believing church.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Disgusting...


90 posted on 07/23/2011 6:26:49 PM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis (Want to make $$$? It's easy! Use FR as a platform to pimp your blog for hits!!!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Placemark.


91 posted on 07/23/2011 10:01:36 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: Free ThinkerNY


and the Army, Air Force and Marines
92 posted on 07/24/2011 3:11:24 AM PDT by ari-freedom (Why are my Obama jokes funnier than Conan and Leno's?)
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To: Always Independent

If the point is that homosexuals are less tough, I know some folks who might be able to alter your thinking on the subject.

I understand the belief that gays shouldn’t be in the military (even though I disagree. They have the same right to fight for their country as heterosexuals), but when you call them out as being less tough than you are, you are trying to assert your own “manliness”, which brings your manliness into question.


93 posted on 07/24/2011 5:42:10 AM PDT by sakic
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To: Ronin

We are in the last days of the American Empire. The economy is in ruins, immorality and amorality are rampant, the borders are porous, and all the politicians and media do is think of more ways to speed up America’s decline.


94 posted on 07/24/2011 6:01:33 AM PDT by littleharbour
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Good. Send them to the front lines.

Make sure they wave that Rainbow Flag nice and high.

95 posted on 07/24/2011 6:57:27 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

This is one of the most horrible things to happen in the history of the country. Don’t be intimidated from telling the truth about the homosexual agenda because you are afraid of being “on the wrong side of history.” Tens of millions of people know or suspect this is a huge mistake.


96 posted on 07/24/2011 7:33:14 AM PDT by guitarist
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To: Ronin; All

“Once Sarah takes office she can conduct a full scale, one time only, participation mandatory poll where every service member answers “YES”, “NO”, “DON’T CARE”.”

First of all I don’t think Sarah will do this. It requires expenditure of political capital - I don’t think this is a big issue to her. However, if congress keeps the UCMJ from being changed, it would be much easier to restore the restrictions on homosexual conduct in the military. Then she, or another conservative if elected, would be more likely to have the boldness to set things right.

Personally, although I am a reserve member of the military, I don’t think what “we” think is important; most military personnel aren’t that morally aware (heterosexual fornication and adultury are quite common and quite a disciplinary problem). What is important is doing the right thing. The “right” thing is to keep open homosexual conduct out of the military. Then go after the heterosexual misconduct to improve discipline.


97 posted on 07/24/2011 7:40:45 AM PDT by Sola Veritas (Trying to speak truth - not always with the best grammar or spelling)
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To: Concho

Unfortunately, I think you are exactly right. What many of these political-homosexual-agenda-pushers don’t realize is that DADT actually provided protection for homosexuals. Now, NCO’s will find other means of druming out homosexuals.

I served on a submarine, and if a newbie got to the boat and his chief didn’t trust him or like him for ANY reason, the pressure was applied and the person either cracked or ran or both. There are MANY ways to make a person’s life miserable and yet remain within the official legal guidelines of the UCMJ.


98 posted on 07/24/2011 10:34:49 AM PDT by ScubieNuc
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Well “man overboard” searches are likely to increase ten-fold, if what my sailor friends tell me is true.


99 posted on 07/24/2011 10:57:04 AM PDT by Forty-Niner (Palin/West 2012)
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To: sakic

I made no comment on the toughness of gays as I see no weakness in them due to their orientation. My point was that they may or will not be received well within the rank and file with their openess and possibly be targeted or setup by those that disagree with their lifestyle. I personally have not been in the military but have worked with the services overseas and there was a quiet yet shall I say dicriminatory attitude toward them.

As for the crack about my manliness, I won’t even stoop to that level. All I know is those that want to test it do so at their own risk.


100 posted on 07/24/2011 12:35:22 PM PDT by Always Independent
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