Let's play the "Why won't Obama repeal DADT?" game!

[Dave]

Espy is totally correct. Damn literal bastards.

 

[Krisken]

I always found the issues that never get resolved (but promised) involve abortion rights, tax reform, and gun laws.

 

[GasBandit]

I don't think dave means "one thing" the way you think he means it. I don't think he's implying Obama didn't campaign on other things.

He's implying that DADT was his major campaign promise. Never mind Finance Reform, Healthcare, Reduction in Nuclear Arms, etc. I think those issues were as heavily pushed, if not more, than DADT.[/QUOTE]

I didn't read it that way, I read it as "saying one thing and then doing another." Not that he just campaigned on ONE THING.

 

[Troll]

The House passed a repeal of DADT.

So...? Good enough, or are we still going to RRAAAGGGEEEE that it's not going fast enough?

 

[Shakey]

So... It still means nothing until the Pentagon decides it's OK to get rid of it?

 

[AshburnerX]

Well Congress has done it's part, which is good. It's unlikely the Armed Forces would oppose it at this point ether, lest they suffer a huge PR disaster in a time when they already face recruitment and retention problems. That just leaves Obama and unless he wants to lose the gay vote in his next election, he'd do well to pass it as well.

 

[Covar]

Well Congress has done it's part, which is good. It's unlikely the Armed Forces would oppose it at this point ether, lest they suffer a huge PR disaster in a time when they already face recruitment and retention problems. That just leaves Obama and unless he wants to lose the gay vote in his next election, he'd do well to pass it as well.

The Army hasn't been facing a recruitment problem. Actually the branches have been pretty full since late 2008.

 

[Tinwhistler]

The President twittered:

http://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/14908558701

I have long advocated for the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, & am pleased that the House & the Senate have taken steps to do just that

 

[JONJONAUG]

The House passed a repeal of DADT.

So...? Good enough, or are we still going to RRAAAGGGEEEE that it's not going fast enough?

Still needs to be passed in the Senate.

 

[Dei]

I don't understand why people think the military has a recruitment problem. Every military person I talk to says that they actually turn a lot of people away.

 

[AshburnerX]

I don't understand why people think the military has a recruitment problem. Every military person I talk to says that they actually turn a lot of people away.

Because it had one for many, many years? Perhaps it would be better to say they are having trouble finding "Qualified" recruits.

 

[Jonzac]

So... It still means nothing until the Pentagon decides it's OK to get rid of it?

No, it means its in place until the military figures out what the hell to do with the rules...just some quick off the cuff questions...because like it or not this does change how units interact with each other and there will be a shaking out of how to implement.

Barracks...seperate like women/men or forced to combine?
Field arraignments....combined or seperate?
Where exactly is the line where someone is "pushing" their orientation? What laws/UMCL/precidents are there?
How do you handle a hetro who "contentious objects" to this new rule? Are they allowed out of their contract?

Many questions like this are important to ensure we have unimpeded unit morale/effectiveness...which may sound silly to someone outside the military, but is SUPER FUCKING IMPORTANT to those of us whose lives depend on each other.

 

[Dave]

Also, how does the military handle gay marriage? Do they also have to worry about sending people overseas to places where homosexuality is frown upon or even illegal?

It's not something that can just happen without thinking about it.