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Bill to Repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Blocked by Senate
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Didn't notice a relevant thread in the first two pages, so hopefully this isn't a repeat:
Well, this is depressing. We probably aren't going to see another bill like this in a long time.
AP News Wire wrote:WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans have blocked legislation that would have repealed the military's policy of "don't ask, don't tell" and allowed gay troops to serve openly.
Democrats failed Thursday to cinch a procedural deal with Republicans in the waning days of the lame-duck session. The 57-40 test vote fell three votes short of the 60 needed to advance.
The vote ends months of political wrangling on the bill and makes congressional action on the repeal provision unlikely any time soon.
The 1993 law bans gay troops from publicly acknowledging their sexual orientation. A repeal provision was included in a broader defense policy bill and passed last spring in the House.
Well, this is depressing. We probably aren't going to see another bill like this in a long time.
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Fucking ridiculous. Now it isn't just old man McCain blocking it, I guess.
The military upper ranks and actives aren't helping change it either.
yeah but it's the queers so who cares
But man that interim sucks.
Dear satan I wish for this or maybe some of this....oh and I'm a medium or a large.
we kept the receipt right?
I think it's too long past the date of purchase. At best we would get store credit.
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They cast a shadow like a sundial in the morning light. It was half past 10.
Reports and recommendations from top brass were all in favor of repealing DADT, I thought? Defense secretary Robert Gates, Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen and Gen. Petraeus are all in favor of repeal.
What other upper ranks are opposing it?
Jesus.
The heads of the Army and Marines.
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shitty bipartisan system, voting along party lines, etc.
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decent people? I'm saying there's already legal, possibly insurmountable pressure on them to end the policy. s'cool man, it's not as bad as it could be
I am stealing that haunter gif so hard, Mensch
This.
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After that DoD report came out, which pretty much put to rest any concerns that repealing DADT would harm military readiness (the only serious argument in favor of keeping the policy, and which everyone already knew was bullshit), they don't even have that extremely thin cover to hide behind.
God, at this point they're just like "Fuck you, America. What are you going to do about it?" And nobody will call them on their shit.
Also: Oh my god.
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
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honestly
welp
I mean he doesn't actually exist?
Yeah, the usage of "upheld" confused me.