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Rumsfeld: "Time Has Come" To Allow Gays To Serve Openly

ABC News ^ | 2/11/11 | Steven Portnoy

Posted on by FTJM

Former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who served at the Pentagon under two Republican presidents, says the time has come time for gays and lesbians to serve openly in the US military.

Two months after President Obama signed a law that will lead to the repeal of Dont Ask, Dont Tell, Rumsfeld told ABC News Radio that the nation is ready for open service.

First of all, we know that gays and lesbians have been serving in the military for decades with honorable service, Rumsfeld said. We know that [repeal of a ban on gays serving openly] is an idea whose time has come.

Rumsfeld says he has enormous respect for the ground commanders and service chiefs who have expressed concerns about the impact of gays serving openly on unit cohesion, and he urged the top brass to implement the new law with care.

But Rumsfeld says that congress, which passed the repeal bill in the waning days of the last session, has expressed the will of the American people.

Weve seen it evolve in our country, Rumsfeld said of the nations perception of gays and lesbians, reiterating that many have served in uniform with distinction.



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To: FTJM

Why? Being gay is purely sexual exhibition if the person is open. I don’t accept it as anything other than sexual harrassment. I DON’T WANT TO KNOW!



by 2 posted onby Caipirabob ( Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)

To: FTJM

Sorry, Rummy, but the impact of this on the U.S. Armed Forces is a “Known Known”. Sayonara, Buckwheat!!!



To: FTJM

Not you too Rummy!



by 4 posted onby youngidiot (Don't let the name fool ya, toots.)

To: FTJM

Christ almighty, we are the New Romans. Sodomy before close order drill(and drilling). This brown agenda has to stop, the smell is killing everything.



by 5 posted onby central_va (I won't be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.)

To: FTJM

Guess this is the Army he wishes he had. You watch—the repeal of DADT will be the spearhead for gay marriage to be recognized in the military and then, in society. And once marriage can no longer be kegally defined as between one man and one woman, there will be no way to legally confine marriage to just two people or even just two humans. And that is what comes next. In just 30 years, the gay agenda will have been implemented.



by 6 posted onby exit82 (Democrats are the enemy of freedom. Sarah Palin is our Esther.)

To: FTJM

Et tu, Donaldus? Then fall Caesar.



by 7 posted onby OldNewYork (social justice isn't justice; it's just socialism)

To: FTJM

I give up.



To: exit82

previous post—”kegally” should be “legally”. But with the topic at hand, “kegally” just might fit.



by 9 posted onby exit82 (Democrats are the enemy of freedom. Sarah Palin is our Esther.)

To: FTJM

Do we need any more proof that the Bush administration was never what we conservatives thought and hoped it would be?



To: FTJM

Rummy’s military definition of “Fox Hole” isn’t quite the same as that of a normal person.



by 11 posted onby MarineBrat (Better dead than red!)

To: FTJM

Looking for acceptance at high society cocktail parties, Rummy? No, no, NO! No place for queers in the military. Period.



by 12 posted onby Walrus (My congressman got booted this year --- how about yours?)

To: FTJM

If you remember the TV show; Green Acres premise: Much of the humor of the series derived from the pragmatic yet short-fused Oliver attempting to make sense of the largely insane world around him. There seemed to be a dual perspective of reality: Oliver versus everyone else. terrace, etc. I am starting to get an Oliver complex....



by 13 posted onby central_va (I won't be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.)

To: youngidiot

Coulter (gays are naturally conservative)

Breitbart (lets have a big gay party!)

Palin/Huck (GOProud should be allowed at CPAC)

Alan West (used Mark Foley to open new Florida office)



by 14 posted onby icwhatudo ("laws requiring compulsory abortion could be sustained under the constitution"-Obama official)

To: FTJM

You first Rummy. A shower is waiting for you. Or how about Rummy sleeping in a room with 150 that’s about 30’X30’. Rummy the Grand Engineer of Carter’s Hollow Military and the founder of the mid 1970’s Walk Away and Leave It instant discharge program. What a clown. Not a good Sec of Def either time.



by 15 posted onby cva66snipe (Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?)

To: FTJM

“Rumsfeld says he has enormous respect for the ground commanders and service chiefs who have expressed concerns...” Concerns? More like OUTRAGE I bet.



by 16 posted onby MichaelCorleone (Sarah Palin is America's Margaret Thatcher)

To: icwhatudo

Did you see Allen West tonight? He did not back down when speaking about traditional marriage or values.



To: FTJM

Butt hole politics.



by 18 posted onby central_va (I won't be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.)

To: FTJM

Oh God be merciful, smite us quickly, so that we can rebuild in your grace. We deserve what we get. Next we’ll find out Lincoln was gay.....



by 19 posted onby central_va (I won't be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.)

To: FTJM

Geeez. And I ALMOST bought his new book today. I’m glad I didn’t.



by 20 posted onby FlingWingFlyer (Why can't the Mexican government provide "a better life" for the illegal aliens? It's their job!)

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