Posted on 06/21/2012 7:14:27 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon (R-Calif.) said he doesn’t plan to try and reinstate “Don’t ask, don’t tell” (DADT), the former ban on gays serving openly in the military, if Republicans were to take the Senate and Mitt Romney won the White House in November.
McKeon and other Republicans were opposed to repealing DADT when the Democratic-controlled Congress passed it in 2010, but McKeon said Thursday that he didn’t see a reason to re-start the fight over it.
“We fought that fight, and I think right now it’s more important to get the things that our warfighters need,” McKeon said at a breakfast roundtable with defense reporters, in response to a question about whether he would try to reinstate it under a Republican-controlled Congress and White House.
“That’s not something I personally would bring up — that doesn’t mean that others won’t,” McKeon added.
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They must not simply reinstate DADT, but reinstate the complete ban on Sodomites in our military and they must do it before our next war or we will lose our next war.
Why would he?
Romney is already on record that he will not re-instate DADT and he the Father of Gay Marriage in America since he implemented it unconstitutionally in MA.
He has been Pro-Gay Rights his whole career and this is one policy position he continues to publicly support.
I’m not hearing much about how we’re going to push Mittens to the right these days.
So I guess we will have the Marine Corp band marching in the DC Gay Pride Parade..maybe with chaps and bare cheeks?
Plus a transgender Corps Commander at West Point? Where do they draw the line now that they have opened the gates?
They shouldn’t reinstate DADT. They should try to put it back the way it was BEFORE DADT.
If these idiots on our side really believed in their positions they would have no hesitation in fighting to put it back the way it was. They are coward statists who really don’t believe in these issues.
That bell has already been rung, kinda like the parts of Obamacare that allow people to keep their kids on their policy to 26 and force insurers to cover pre existing conditions.
This is a reminder to all of those that think they can/should stay home on election day that elections have consequences.
that’s nice but elections still have consequences.
No Romney, not now, not ever.
Ain't gonna happen. That genie is out of the bottle and isn't going back in.
Consequences of losing elections.
Mitt Romney has a considerable record as a gay activist.
In fact, it is purely speculative, but when I look at that head of hair and they way he presents himself to the cameras, I wonder if he’s not hiding in the closet. Unlike Obama, there has been no mention of any leaks or escapades. But I still can’t help wondering.
It would explain a lot.
I know gay people are in the service and I know they have been for some time...
that does not mean we need to know about it....just like I don't care to know the sex lives of heteros....
They had dam well better be careful to consider it.
Heres why...
The LYING political leadership bullied Military leadership...that is a fact.
The LYING political leadership (many republicans included) made sure the surveys were RIGGED because they ONLY focused on one thing...”Will you do your job” and of course the answer is yes. They then went out and LIED that all of us in the military APPROVED of gays and SUPPORTED it.
We do NOT.
They know this.
They shouldn’t reinstate DADT. They should try to put it back the way it was BEFORE DADT. If these idiots on our side really believed in their positions they would have no hesitation in fighting to put it back the way it was. They are coward statists who really don’t believe in these issues.
***Exactly. It was Clintoon who forced DADT. It was basically the first thing he acted on, although he never once mentioned it during his campaign. That’s because if he did, he wouldn’t have been elected.
Yes they do, and the sad truth of the matter is that with a Romney Presidency, it will destroy the GOP as the home of conservatives.
***I am almost starting to look forward to this. The last time it happened, the Republican party split off the Whig party over social conservative issues. We socons have a way of attracting those who join a parade so that they can lead it.
Romney winning in 2008 would have fully opened up the military to homosexuality sooner than Obama.
Mitt was pushing it almost 20 years ago.
do not believe that, homosexuals were not even pushing for open homosexually to be out of the closet in the military. I would like a little evidence to back up your statement...Back in the 70’s and 80’s I had 2 son’s in the military. Lets not forget DADT, Even Clinton had to settle for that...
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