Gays Celebrate Repeal Of Dont Ask, Dont Tell

Repeal of Dont ask, dont tell: A civil rights milestone?
“Even though this is really huge, I look at it as a chink in a very, very long chain,” he added. The ruling drew quick rebuke from foes of lifting the ban who argued that the Military shouldn’t be used to expand the rights of gays and that allowing them to serve openly would hurt troop morale and a unit’s ability fight. Supporters declared the vote a Civil Rights milestone. Aaron Belkin, director of the California-based Palm Center — a Think Tank on the issue —...

Gays See Repeal As A Civil Rights Milestone
Allowing gays and Lesbians to serve openly in the U.S. Military is a step toward equality, advocates say, but a fight for other social changes such as Gay Marriage still lies ahead. The Senate voted Saturday to end the 17-year-old ban on Openly Gay Troops, overturning the Clinton-era policy known as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." "It's one step in a very long process of becoming an Equal Rights citizen," said Warren Arbury of Savannah, Ga., who served in The Army for seven years, including three comba...

Gays celebrate repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell'
(12-18) 16:33 PST New York (AP) -- Word that the world's largest Military power will allow gays and Lesbians to serve openly in the Military brought strong and swift reaction Saturday, with supporters declaring a Civil Rights milestone and detractors insisting it would weaken and divide the Armed Forces. In New York, home to one of the nation's largest gay communities and a Gay Pride parade whose grand marshal this year was an Openly Gay, discharged serviceman, 28-year-old Cassandra Melnikow g...

LGBT community celebrates dont ask milestone
Stumble This! Allowing gays and Lesbians to serve openly in the U.S. Military is a step toward equality, advocates say, but a fight for other social changes such as Gay Marriage still lies ahead. The Senate voted Saturday to end the 17-year ban on Openly Gay Troops, overturning the Clinton-era policy known as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." "It's one step in a very long process of becoming an equal rights citizen," said Warren Arbury of Savannah, Ga., who served in The Army for seven years, including ...

DADT Repeal Marks Milestone In Fight For Gay Rights
NEW YORK — Allowing gays and Lesbians to serve openly in the U.S. Military is a step toward equality, advocates say, but a fight for other social changes such as Gay Marriage still lies ahead. The Senate voted Saturday to end the 17-year ban on Openly Gay Troops, overturning the Clinton-era policy known as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." "It's one step in a very long process of becoming an Equal Rights citizen," said Warren Arbury of Savannah, Ga., who served in The Army for seven years, includ...

Gays see repeal as a civil rights milestone
NEW YORK — Allowing gays and Lesbians to serve openly in the U.S. Military is a step toward equality, advocates say, but a fight for other social changes such as gay marriage still lies ahead. The Senate voted Saturday to end the 17-year ban on Openly Gay Troops, overturning the Clinton-era policy known as "don’t ask, don’t tell." "It’s one step in a very long process of becoming an Equal Rights citizen," said Warren Arbury of Savannah, Ga., who served in The Army for sev...

Gays See Repeal As Milestone
NEW YORK (AP) - One man who was kicked out of The Army under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" says the Senate's vote to abolish the ban on gays serving openly is "really huge." Opponents of lifting the ban argued that the Military shouldn't be used to expand the rights of gays, and that allowing them to serve openly would hurt troop morale. But supporters are calling yesterday's vote a Civil Rights milestone. The director of the Palm Center, a Think Tank on the issue, says the vote "ushers in a new era i...

DADT Repeal: What Comes Next? Pentagon Asked, Tells Combat Troops Not To Tell
I care that some friends who are gay or defend gays, as I have at corporate career risk many times, have an opposite view of the immediate congressional Repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT). But, I care more about the immediate effect on the welfare of US combat Troops and for US National Security. Yes, “national security” is a BIG term, and can be read as overexpansive. Yet, that is precisely what...

Gays celebrate repeal of dont ask, dont tell
NEW YORK (AP) — Word that the world’s largest Military power will allow gays and Lesbians to serve openly in the Military brought strong and swift reaction Saturday, with supporters declaring a Civil Rights milestone and detractors insisting it would weaken and divide the Armed Forces. In New York, home to one of the nation’s largest gay communities and a Gay Pride parade whose grand marshal this year was an Openly Gay, discharged serviceman, 28-year-old Cassandra Melnikow glan...

Senate Repeals Dont Ask Dont Tell
WASHINGTON - In a historic vote for Gay Rights, the Senate agreed on Saturday to do away with the Military’s 17-year ban on Openly Gay Troops and sent President Barack Obama Legislation to overturn the Clinton-era policy known as “don’t ask, don’t tell.” Obama was expected to sign the bill into law next week, although changes to military policy probably wouldn’t take effect for at least several months. Under the bill, the president and his top military a...

Dont ask, dont tell is history after historic vote
In a historic vote for Gay Rights, the Senate agreed on Saturday to do away with the Military’s 17-year ban on Openly Gay Troops and sent President Barack Obama Legislation to overturn the Clinton-era policy known as “don’t ask, don’t tell.” Obama was expected to sign the bill into law next week, although changes to military policy probably wouldn’t take effect for at least several months. Under the bill, the president and his top military advisers must first ...

Gay Pride vs Christian Military Members
From OneNewsNow An end to religious liberty in U.S. Military? In the wake of Saturday’s Senate vote to Repeal the military’s ban against open Homosexual expression in the military, a conservative legal group is warning that the religious liberty of Christian chaplains and Service members may be in jeopardy. By a vote of 65-to 31, the Senate agreed on Saturday to do away with the 17-year old “don’t ask don’t tell” policy on Openly Gay Troops and sent Presiden...

Dan Choi: I Am Somebody! Autumn Sandeen: I Still Not Recognized As Somebody.
I have heard many senators and congresspeople use variants of Admiral Mullen's pro-Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) Repeal phrase of relating to how DADT "[f]orces young men and women to lie to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens." For example, from the floor of the Senate yesterday (December 18, 2010): Senator Carl Levin: ...A policy, which in Admiral Mullen's words -- memorable words -- quote "Forces young men and women to lie to lie about who they are in order to de...

Gays celebrate repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell'
NEW YORK (AP) - Word that the world's largest Military power will allow gays and Lesbians to serve openly in the Military brought strong and swift reaction Saturday, with supporters declaring a Civil Rights milestone and detractors insisting it would weaken and divide the Armed Forces. In New York, home to one of the nation's largest gay communities and a Gay Pride parade whose grand marshal this year was an Openly Gay, discharged serviceman, 28-year-old Cassandra Melnikow glanced at a news tic...

Gays see repeal as a civil rights milestone
NEW YORK (AP) - Allowing gays and Lesbians to serve openly in the U.S. Military is a step toward equality, advocates say, but a fight for other social changes such as gay marriage still lies ahead. The Senate voted Saturday to end the 17-year ban on Openly Gay Troops, overturning the Clinton-era policy known as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." "It's one step in a very long process of becoming an Equal Rights citizen," said Warren Arbury of Savannah, Ga., who served in The Army for seven years, includi...

'Don't ask, don't tell' repeal celebrated in S.F.
A dozen people crowded together around a small television set in the lobby of the San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Center at noon Saturday, some of them clutching hands, all of them grinning. One by one, they listened as 96 names were called in a room 2,800 miles away. As ayes were tallied, shouts of "Yes!" could be heard, followed by whoops and hollers. When the final 65-31 Senate vote repealing the Military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy was finally announced, the group...

Gay troops cautiously optimistic after repeal...
KABUL - The gay Army lieutenant's heart had been racing all night. Shuffling between meetings at his outpost in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday night, the 27-year-old officer kept popping his head into the main office to catch a glimpse of Fox News's coverage of the Senate debate that led to a vote lifting the ban on gay men and Lesbians serving in the Military openly. "Don't cry," a 21-year-old specialist, one of the lieutenant's confidants, told his boss jokingly when news broke th...

With gay ban debate over, military impact in doubt (AP)
WASHINGTON – The debate over Gays in the Military has been settled with a historic decision to allow them to serve openly, but big questions lie ahead about how and when the change will take place, how Troops will accept it and whether it will hamper the U.S. Military effort in Afghanistan and Iraq. President Barack Obama is expected to sign into law this week the Legislation that passed the Senate on Saturday, an act some believe will carry social implications as profound as President H...

With gay ban debate over, military impact in doubt
WASHINGTON—The debate over Gays in the Military has been settled with a historic decision to allow them to serve openly, but big questions lie ahead about how and when the change will take place, how Troops will accept it and whether it will hamper the U.S. Military effort in Afghanistan and Iraq. President Barack Obama is expected to sign into law this week the Legislation that passed the Senate on Saturday, an act some believe will carry social implications as profound as President Harr...

Don't Ask Don't Tell repeal: American reaction
The US Senate has approved landmark Legislation allowing Openly Gay people to serve in the Military. The Senate and House of Representatives both approved the Repeal of the "don't ask, don't tell" law, which bars gay people in the military from revealing their Sexual Orientation. Opponents argue that the change will damage troop morale at a time of war. More than 13,000 service members have been dismissed under the "don't ask, don't tell", policy enacted u...

Gay US soldiers must still hold fire on sexuality
US lawmakers have voted to allow gays to serve openly in the Military for the first time, but Troops must wait months before they can reveal their Sexual Orientation without facing dismissal. Amid concerns over unit cohesion at a time when the United States is still heavily embroiled militarily in Afghanistan and Iraq, senior officials want a deliberate process to ensure the smoothest possible transition. Several Republicans joined Democrats to Repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," a 1993 law enacte...

Gays in US military win battle to be out about sexual identity
Provide feedback to the multimedia producers. Thank you. Your feedback was successfully sent. Video will begin in 5 seconds. What type of connection do you have? Your video format settings have been saved. US Senators respond to the overturning of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell", which has prevented gay US Soldiers from serving openly for 17 years. WASHINGTON: The US Military will for the first time allow gays to serve openly after the Senate voted to Repeal ''don't ask, don't tell'', the policy that ha...

With gay ban debate over, military impact in doubt
WASHINGTON — The debate over Gays in the Military has been settled with a historic decision to allow them to serve openly, but big questions lie ahead about how and when the change will take place, how Troops will accept it and whether it will hamper the U.S. Military effort in Afghanistan and Iraq. President Barack Obama is expected to sign into law this week the Legislation that passed the Senate on Saturday, an act some believe will carry social implications as profound as President Har...

With gay ban debate over, military impact in doubt
Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., left, gives thumbs up with Sen. Susan Colli... WASHINGTON (AP) - The debate over Gays in the Military has been settled with a historic decision to allow them to serve openly, but big questions lie ahead about how and when the change will take place, how Troops will accept it and whether it will hamper the U.S. Military effort in Afghanistan and Iraq. President Barack Obama is expected to sign into law this week the Legislation that passed the Senate on Saturday, ...

Repeal of Dont Ask, Dont Tell Draws Near
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., center, with Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., left, and Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., speaks at a news conference after the vote to end debate on “don’t ask, don’t tell.” In a signal of sufficient support for final passage, the Senate voted 63-33 to cut off debate (shut down a Filibuster) and head to a final vote on the Military’s Clinton-era “don’t ask, don’t tell” anti-gay policy. The bill now faces a sec...