Repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell

President Obama has promised to repeal the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, but many gays and lesbians are still being forced out because of their sexuality. Ross Palombo reports.

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[jusitke07]

Quite frankly Amy Brian never violated the DADT policy, because she never asked nor told anyone. It's the person who told on her, while Amy is not in uniform and off duty, that violated Don't ASK Don't TELL. Amy gets kicked out, but what about the person that told?

[BackToBasicsBitch]

It's distgusting to see that the majority of people in uniform agree with DADT! Shouldn't you be more concerned about fighting for your country. But then that would make the majority of serivce members hypocrites because above all else your fighting for "Freedom". What does freedom mean to America?. I don't think the gays are the confused ones at this point.

[blainebill39]

@CalifaJohn

Ciao Bello John! (Though I do adore your Italian name"Giovanni")

Right on, I read this persons post and am incredulous! Queer(gay) servicemembers have been bravely

fighting and dying for this country and have been required, as no other group of citizens, to hide or lie about who they are, and whom they love. So struggling to do so openly is prefering to make a political statement, over serving? That even defied logic, did it not?

Sinceramente,

Blaine

[CalifaJohn]

@sgtkpf Bravely standing up for one's rights and freedoms is the American thing to do in the land of the brave and the home of the free. I guess you prefer land of the sheepish and home of the obedient?

[Kevstar19]

@funk7000 Surely it is not because it is MORALLY RIGHT.

[Kevstar19]

@funk7000 Yeah you're totally right, our politicians are doing this for the money...like the politicians in Albania,Argentina,Australia,Au­stria,Belgium,Canada,Republic of China,Colombia,Czech Republic,Denmark,Estonia,Finla­nd,France,Germany,Greece,Repub­lic of Ireland,Israel,Italy,Japan,Lit­huania,Luxembourg,Malta,The Netherlands,New Zealand,Norway,Peru,Philippine­s,Poland,Russia,Serbia,Sloveni­a,South Africa,Spain,Sweden,Switzerlan­d,Thailand, United Kingdom allow gays to serve openly...RIGHT?

[vidhead85]

In theory, they're not supposed to ask and you're not supposed to tell. However, if they see any evidence, someone sees you, they find out that you're involved in a homosexual relationship--EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T TELL--they still have to investigate you--in theory it worked, but in application it was disastrous!

[funk7000]

Let the military themselves have the final say on this. Not civilians, not Obama or any other politician. The people serving on the front lines should be the only ones to decide whther it should be repealed or not

[funk7000]

And I rather trust the voices who have served in the military on this one rather than any other group of people who have a reputation for more commonly displaying fleeting personalities and pushing agendas or the politicians who only have a background in pushing paper bought and sold by the special interest that only throw around lots of money and infiltrate and subvert institutions in order to win validation for their behaviors

[funk7000]

So once again the media is just giving us one side of the story. DADT is the same as mind your own business. I thought that's what homos wanted, so why do they want to create a climate that may entice or encourage people not to mind their own business? It'll only add to more disruptions within the military.