tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post4687429679037725220..comments2024-02-11T03:50:53.613-05:00Comments on Counterlight's Peculiars: End in Sight for DADT?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-60569324958359424802010-02-02T05:08:49.986-05:002010-02-02T05:08:49.986-05:00Other nations have ended their DADT. Why not the U...Other nations have ended their DADT. Why not the USA! It serves no purpose whatsoever.Göran Koch-Swahnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00925549945659350649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-22650988058304914732010-02-02T00:02:58.579-05:002010-02-02T00:02:58.579-05:00On Tuesday, in the first Congressional hearing on ...<i>On Tuesday, in the first Congressional hearing on the issue in 17 years, Mr. Gates and Admiral Mullen will unveil the Pentagon’s initial plans for carrying out a repeal, <b>which requires an act of Congress.</b></i><br /><br />From the article. Am I missing something?<br /><br />Whatever it takes! I just hope it happens. It's way past time.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-29585275436739887742010-02-01T13:32:10.286-05:002010-02-01T13:32:10.286-05:00"Why can't Obama just sign an executive o..."Why can't Obama just sign an executive order and make it happen immediately?"<br /><br />I could be wrong, I believe the Times article says that Obama will sign an executive order ending enforcement of the current policy.<br /><br />As always, seeing is believing.Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-83483468640315974222010-02-01T13:30:32.955-05:002010-02-01T13:30:32.955-05:00I'm with motheramelia, This is something that...I'm with motheramelia, This is something that needs an executive order!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01203286781888444548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-82574415697235501572010-02-01T13:22:06.776-05:002010-02-01T13:22:06.776-05:00It's been too long in coming. Why can't O...It's been too long in coming. Why can't Obama just sign an executive order and make it happen immediately?motherameliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11381575553733390018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-27370408251500669262010-02-01T12:33:21.277-05:002010-02-01T12:33:21.277-05:00Looking back at my extremely brief time in the Nav...Looking back at my extremely brief time in the Navy, I am grateful that the chaplain I worked for got me off of my ship the day that I admitted to being gay; we were due to get underway the next day for an extended cruise, and I think I would have been in physical danger had I stayed on board. As it was, he pulled some strings and got me transferred to Detention Barracks in Yokosuka that afternoon. When I look at RM3 Schindler's photo and read the story of his murder, I find myself thinking, "There but for the grace of God..."The Religious Pícarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03620636294081499041noreply@blogger.com