p-branez
12-20-2010, 11:42 AM
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/18/AR2010121801729.html?sid=ST2010121803394
"The U.S. military will for the first time in history allow gays to serve openly after the Senate voted Saturday to repeal "don't ask, don't tell," the policy that has required such troops to hide their sexual identity or risk being expelled from the services."
This is not a victory for gay and lesbians, this is a victory for all Americans. In the words of Donna Brazile in regard to this repeal, "We have joined the civilized world."
""This is one of the days where you really feel privileged to be in the U.S. Senate," said Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.), the other co-sponsor of the bill. "There's been a lot of difficult times the last couple of years because it's so partisan to get anything done. But here we are, it came together.""
It will take many more months to implement the repeal, but this is a bright spot in our otherwise political gridlock - especially because the repeal had already failed twice. The eight Republican senators who crossed the party line should be applauded.
"The U.S. military will for the first time in history allow gays to serve openly after the Senate voted Saturday to repeal "don't ask, don't tell," the policy that has required such troops to hide their sexual identity or risk being expelled from the services."
This is not a victory for gay and lesbians, this is a victory for all Americans. In the words of Donna Brazile in regard to this repeal, "We have joined the civilized world."
""This is one of the days where you really feel privileged to be in the U.S. Senate," said Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.), the other co-sponsor of the bill. "There's been a lot of difficult times the last couple of years because it's so partisan to get anything done. But here we are, it came together.""
It will take many more months to implement the repeal, but this is a bright spot in our otherwise political gridlock - especially because the repeal had already failed twice. The eight Republican senators who crossed the party line should be applauded.