Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell was intended to be a compromise. It was intended to be a stop gap measure which would go away with President Clinton’s successor. Unfortunately, President Clinton’s successor was President George W. Bush, a man who followed a radically reactionary social policy, or at least attempted to.
President Obama pledged to repeal DADT, as the policy is known. Congress must remove the law which allows DADT. President Obama could put a moratorium in place in order to prevent DADT from being implemented. It is not unusual for a law to go into abeyance while it is either litigated or debated in Congress. Anyone who violated DADT would have that noted in their records, and either that letter would be destroyed once DADT was repealed, or they could be fired only AFTER a specific period of time when the moratorium is lifted.
Lt. Colonel Victor Fehrenbach is the latest to come forward over this policy. After eighteen years and several medals, including one for heroism, Lt. Col. Fehrenbach is being discharged by the military because he is gay. Lt. Col. Fehrenbach was interviewed on the Rachel Maddow Show concerning his impending dismissal from the Air Force.
President Obama pledged to repeal DADT, as the policy is known. Congress must remove the law which allows DADT. President Obama could put a moratorium in place in order to prevent DADT from being implemented. It is not unusual for a law to go into abeyance while it is either litigated or debated in Congress. Anyone who violated DADT would have that noted in their records, and either that letter would be destroyed once DADT was repealed, or they could be fired only AFTER a specific period of time when the moratorium is lifted.
Lt. Colonel Victor Fehrenbach is the latest to come forward over this policy. After eighteen years and several medals, including one for heroism, Lt. Col. Fehrenbach is being discharged by the military because he is gay. Lt. Col. Fehrenbach was interviewed on the Rachel Maddow Show concerning his impending dismissal from the Air Force.
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2 comments:
What fucking morons. Sorry for any American reading this but besides a select few leaders, your country is ruled by fucking tits.
He seems like a great guy, and not a troublemaker. Unfortunatly, the political realities in the US are going to make it very difficult for the President to do much. Bill Clinton lost control of both houses in 1994 when he walked into this minefield, so I can understand why Obama is hesitant.
I don't understand why the President doesn't reference the many other countries that have openly gay servicemen, and there has not been a uprising in those militaries. Perhaps it's the typical American navel gazing at play. They simply can't think about how other countries work.
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