Obama considers fast appeal of gays-military order
The White House recently appealed a judges order to allow gays to serve openly in the military. The federal judge guilty of enforcing the end of the "don't ask don't tell" policy in the military regarding homosexuality, is currently being chastised by the White House and Pentagon.
Gay rights advocates cautioned enlisted homosexual men and women to reveal their sexuality at this time because the fear of being discharged due to sexual orientation is a common and very legal issue involving the military. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said that time is running out for the ban on gays serving openly and once the war in Iraq is over, action will be taken to relieve this ban. Gibbs states, "This is a policy that is going to end."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101013/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_gays_in_military
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The "don't ask don't tell" policy has been a public issue for a while and even more recently. The fact that a person in a position very close to the President said plainly that the policy is going to end is a clear indication of how Obama and his staff feel on the issue. Forcing homosexuals to keep their true identity secret is a simple problem of equal rights. The "don't ask don't tell" policy was obviously just a quick fix to ease tensions between special interest groups such as far right wing conservatives and liberal gay rights activists. Now that a fairly liberal democrat has taken the presidency, issues such as gay rights will start to be addressed.
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Gibbs said that actions to relieve the issue of "don't ask. don't tell." will take place after the war in Iraq is over. Why can't actions be taking now when we need soldiers the most due to the war in Iraq. Currently, many of our soldiers are being discharged from the army simply because of their sexual orientation. An example of this would be a soldier who is fluent in Arabic being discharged from the army due to his sexual orientation. Actions to this ban should take place now and not later.
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