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Just out of curiosity, Navy. Why did you bother starting this thread if you were planning on ducking out early? This isn't an attack, by the way. I'm just curious.
He did not gay bash. Please do not lie.
i already conceded that point, try to keep up.
The reason this went down was that the Pentagon study on the issue does not finish until January of next year. Most want to wait on the results from that before voting in favor of a repeal, which is the best course of action. A few more months won't matter. DADT will still probably not be around even a year from now.
Did you even bother to look at how many attack posts he responded to?
From what I hear, they also tried to tack on a bunch of things to the bill that made even some anti-DADT Senators like Susan Collins vote against it. Probably to try to paint the GOP as obstructionist or homophobic or something... I don't think it was a very smart move, though.
after serving 21 years in the Navy I saw it first hand my left wing friend..............You are clueless on the issue...........
Republicans block bill to lift military gay ban - Yahoo! NewsWASHINGTON – Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked legislation that would have repealed the law banning gays from serving openly in the military. The partisan vote was a defeat for Senate Democrats and gay rights advocates, who saw the bill as their last chance before November's elections to overturn the law known as "don't ask, don't tell."
With the 56-43 vote, Democrats fell short of the 60 votes needed to advance the legislation. It also would have authorized $726 billion in defense spending including a pay raise for troops.
Senate Democrats attached the repeal provision to the defense bill in the hopes that Republicans would hesitate to vote against legislation that included popular defense programs. But GOP legislators opposed the bill anyway, thwarting a key part of the Democrats' legislative agenda.
Now, gay rights advocates say they worry they have lost a crucial opportunity to change the law. If Democrats lose seats in the upcoming elections this fall, repealing the ban could prove even more difficult — if not impossible — next
year.
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Leave it to Navy Pride to start another anti-gay thread without getting any of the facts straight. This vote had nothing to do with the merits of DADT. It simply had to do with procedural aspects of it. You are treading water at this point Navy....the ship has sailed...its just matter of time.
The overwhelming number of Americans and military support repealing the ban. It is only the right-wing and the homophobes that are fighting against it.
I said it mamy times DD, every time it comes to a vote you lose be it the congress orr a state..You have not won one yet...Keep dreaming
Leave it to Navy Pride to start another anti-gay thread without getting any of the facts straight. This vote had nothing to do with the merits of DADT. It simply had to do with procedural aspects of it. You are treading water at this point Navy....the ship has sailed...its just matter of time.
The overwhelming number of Americans and military support repealing the ban. It is only the right-wing and the homophobes that are fighting against it.
How many DADT votes have their been?
Which does exactly what to answer my question? That's what the report button is for. If you are going to bow out of a conversation that's fine, but to make a grandiose gesture of announcing it a few pages in when you started the thread is a little silly to me.
I said it mamy times DD, every time it comes to a vote you lose be it the congress orr a state..You have not won one yet...Keep dreaming
How many DADT votes have their been?
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