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Congress Overturns Ban of Gays Serving Openly, Sends Bill to Obama's Desk

Posted on by Jess Kitting

Edited on by Admin Moderator. [history]

WASHINGTON -- In a landmark vote, the Senate on Saturday ended the Clinton-era ban on gays serving openly in the military, marking a major triumph for President Obama, liberals and the gay community.

The final vote to end the Pentagon's 1993 "don't ask, don't tell" policy was 65-31, drawing support from eight Republicans.

The bill now goes to the White House for Obama's signature. He is expected to sign the bill into law next week, a senior White House aide told Fox News.



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To: Jess Kitting

Huge Pandora’s box has just opened.



To: Jess Kitting

they have no right to compel the United States Armed Forces to accept this



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To: Jess Kitting

sick, just sick



To: Jess Kitting

Can the new congress offer a new bill to make it illegal to be a homosexual in the military? Merry Christmas



by 6 posted onby bray (Sarah Palin will destroy the Repub Party, hopefully!)

To: Jess Kitting





by 7 posted onby BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)

To: Jet Jaguar

As sure as I am that there will be problems, I’m even more certain that we won’t hear about them. No Pentagon stats will be released, or even compiled. Any reported incidents will have any mention of homosexuality washed out.



To: LeoWindhorse

They think that there are no limits to federal power.



To: Jess Kitting

If you wanna have the benefit of being one of those "Protected Class" members (you get benfits and have the Right to claim discrimination), I suggest we all specify that we are "gay", and get it on the record. Heterosexual White Christians have no protections whatsoever that SPECIFIES they are to be afforded ANYTHING, so maybe it's time we all became "gay" (on paper)? 1/2 /s Under Obamacare, we can also claim that being a "sex deviate" is a pre-existing condition? LOL We are now moving into the Greek and Roman Empire-like collapse phase of our Country.



by 10 posted onby traditional1 ("Don't gotsta worry 'bout no mo'gage, don't gotsta worry 'bout no gas; Obama gonna take care o' me!)

To: Jess Kitting

Disgusting



by 11 posted onby DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis (Want to make $$$? It's easy! Use FR to pimp your blog!)

To: bray

Can the new congress offer a new bill to make it illegal to be a homosexual in the military? It is already against the rules, that was the whole point of don't ask, don't tell. Clinton didn't have the guts to make it legit to serve openly gay, so he created this policy which means the rules won't be enforced as long as you lay low. In other words, we won't ask and if you don't tell us as far as we're concerned we know nothing. But if for some reason we do find out, well, you're out. This is what we've had since the 90s.



To: HANG THE EXPENSE

I hate RINOs.



To: Red Dog #1

The numbers WILL be kept, trust me. And anybody who gets in trouble over this will likely be part of a media feeding frenzy immediately. This will be trouble. TC



To: Jess Kitting

I read where someone said ‘you can’t help who you love’. There is no problem with loving but you don’t have to F everyone you love. The point is getting approval to F not to love. Will the military now permit soldiers to F each other in addition to just asking and telling?



by 15 posted onby ex-snook ("Above all things, truth beareth away the victory")

To: Jess Kitting

There’s going to be a lot of the gay’s in the military slipping on on a bar of soap, just wait and see.



To: Blood of Tyrants

...”fundamental transformation of America”...



To: Blood of Tyrants; stylecouncilor

I fear my country just died.



To: Jess Kitting

Will not allowing gay soldiers to sleep in the same tent or share a bunk bed amount to discrimination ?



To: Jess Kitting

I wonder if America needs a Pinochet to straighten things out? The world's greatest intellectual, Thomas Sowell, Ph.d, warned that there may come a day when the American military just won't take it anymore.



by 20 posted onby Stepan12 (Palin & Bolton in 2012)

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