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Bill to Repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Blocked by Senate

DidgeridooDidgeridoo Flighty DameRegistered User regular
edited December 2010 in Social Entropy++
Didn't notice a relevant thread in the first two pages, so hopefully this isn't a repeat:

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WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans have blocked legislation that would have repealed the military's policy of "don't ask, don't tell" and allowed gay troops to serve openly.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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    WhippyWhippy Moderator, Admin Emeritus Admin Emeritus
    edited December 2010
    hrm

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    unintentionalunintentional smelly Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    dag, yo

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    FrankoFranko Sometimes I really wish I had four feet so I could dance with myself to the drumbeat Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    on the plus side I'm sure there will be some new gay characters in ABCs new line up for fall comedies

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    skettiosskettios Enchanted ForestRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    laaame :(

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    mensch-o-maticmensch-o-matic Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
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    OnTheLastCastleOnTheLastCastle let's keep it haimish for the peripatetic Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    USA! USA!

    Fucking ridiculous. Now it isn't just old man McCain blocking it, I guess.

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    MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    that's ok, they've still got to contend with the constitutionality of the policy.

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    ButtersButters A glass of some milks Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    OnTheLastCastle wrote: »
    USA! USA!

    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.

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    WhippyWhippy Moderator, Admin Emeritus Admin Emeritus
    edited December 2010
    Mysst wrote: »
    that's ok, they've still got to contend with the constitutionality of the policy.

    yeah but it's the queers so who cares

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    WhippyWhippy Moderator, Admin Emeritus Admin Emeritus
    edited December 2010
    sigh

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    I Win SwordfightsI Win Swordfights all the traits of greatness starlight at my feetRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    I know in my heart this will be repealed, and that gay marriage will be legal everywhere someday. There's no way for it not to. This is stupid and shitty but just like the women's suffrage movement and the civil rights movement, with enough work and willpower and time, this'll come to pass, too.

    But man that interim sucks.

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    StaleghotiStaleghoti Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Thaaaat iiiiiiiis some fuuuuucked uuuuup shiiiiiit

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    scarlet blvd.scarlet blvd. Bebop Cola Goooood!Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    There is something wrong with our government
    we kept the receipt right?

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    CrossBusterCrossBuster Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Sad.

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    HunterHunter Chemist with a heart of Au Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    scarlet blvd. wrote: »
    There is something wrong with our government
    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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    TrillianTrillian Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    I thought Christians loved the queers

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    OnTheLastCastleOnTheLastCastle let's keep it haimish for the peripatetic Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Butters wrote: »
    OnTheLastCastle wrote: »
    USA! USA!

    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.

    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?

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    PeenPeen Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Guys the Republicans have already said that they're going to block literally everything that gets presented in this lame-duck session. This is just another examples of the fact that they're assholes.

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    I Win SwordfightsI Win Swordfights all the traits of greatness starlight at my feetRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    OnTheLastCastle wrote: »
    Butters wrote: »
    OnTheLastCastle wrote: »
    USA! USA!

    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.

    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.

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    BaidolBaidol I will hold him off Escape while you canRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    OnTheLastCastle wrote: »
    Butters wrote: »
    OnTheLastCastle wrote: »
    USA! USA!

    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.

    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?

    The heads of the Army and Marines.

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    DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    proving that once again people being horrible to each other is timeless

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    OnTheLastCastleOnTheLastCastle let's keep it haimish for the peripatetic Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Oh yeah, I forgot Jesus got errata to only like white males and submissive white females. You gotta refer to the later rulings and not the original text to know that.

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    Baroque And RollBaroque And Roll Every spark of friendship and love Will die without a homeRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    #ftge

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    WietWiet Mao Mao Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Damn it.

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    nukanuka What are circles? Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Seems like every day I read something that makes me hate republicans more and more.

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    Baroque And RollBaroque And Roll Every spark of friendship and love Will die without a homeRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Peen wrote: »
    Guys the Republicans have already said that they're going to block literally everything that gets presented in this lame-duck session. This is just another examples of the fact that they're assholes.

    shitty bipartisan system, voting along party lines, etc.

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    MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    WhipstitchZombie wrote: »
    Mysst wrote: »
    that's ok, they've still got to contend with the constitutionality of the policy.

    yeah but it's the queers so who cares

    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

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    MrMonroeMrMonroe passed out on the floor nowRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    I was all confused for a second when I saw the title because the case actually contesting it hasn't been heard by the supreme court yet

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    DidgeridooDidgeridoo Flighty Dame Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    At least one good thing has come of this

    I am stealing that haunter gif so hard, Mensch

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    Baroque And RollBaroque And Roll Every spark of friendship and love Will die without a homeRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Didgeridoo wrote: »
    At least one good thing has come of this

    I am stealing that haunter gif so hard, Mensch

    This.

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    CrossBusterCrossBuster Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    This was so obviously motivated by nothing but spite on the part of the Republicans (the Obama admin. wanted it, after all), and antipathy towards gay people.

    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.

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    Baroque And RollBaroque And Roll Every spark of friendship and love Will die without a homeRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    re: Ron Paul

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    THEPAIN73THEPAIN73 Shiny. Real shiny.Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    you stay classy USA

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    mrpakumrpaku Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    fox in charge of the hen house, etc.

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    Calamity JaneCalamity Jane That Wrong Love Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    republicans

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    PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    who didn't see this coming

    honestly

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    PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    CrossBuster wrote: »

    Also: Oh my god.

    welp

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    DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    ron paul is just an elaborate joke, right


    I mean he doesn't actually exist?

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    PeccaviPeccavi Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    MrMonroe wrote: »
    I was all confused for a second when I saw the title because the case actually contesting it hasn't been heard by the supreme court yet

    Yeah, the usage of "upheld" confused me.

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    mensch-o-maticmensch-o-matic Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    holy fuck we are all going to die

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