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| Senate votes to end ban on openly gay troops |
| 2010-12-18 |
| Gay soldiers 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 certify that lifting the ban won't hurt troops' ability to fight. After that, the military would undergo a 60-day wait period. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #1 the military's 17-year ban Which was the implementation of Congress' law Title X U.S.C. Sec. 654 [the Party Media seems to always over look that part]. They may have repealed that piece of legislation but did they leave in place Article 125 of the UCMJ, which is a different subsection of Title X? |
| Posted by: P2kontheroad 2010-12-18 21:42 |