disneydude
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Then if possible you would have no problem with the military voting on the issue secret ballot huh? That would settle it and you would lose big time......From my contacts I would say about 70-30 against maybe more in the Navy........
I would even be willing to bet a lot of "Feel good Liberals" like you in the military in a secret ballot would vote no..............
when your talking about gays in the military especially aboard ship I believe people that have experience are a plus on the issue.........Since you have none you know nothing about it...........
Obama to call for 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' repeal, adviser says - CNN.com
President Obama will ask Congress Wednesday night to repeal the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy that bars gays and lesbians from openly serving in, White House Senior Adviser David Axelrod told CNN.
The request will be included in the president's State of the Union address, Axelrod said.
The issue has been a source of contention for heavy hitters on both sides of the issue, who are lining up for a fight.
In a message to Pentagon leadership, Gen. John Shalikashvili, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said it's time to repeal the law.
"As a nation built on the principal of equality, we should recognize and welcome change that will build a stronger more cohesive military," said Shalikashvili. His letter was sent out Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, who supports repealing the policy
Are you suggesting that people become closet bigots when they are able to vote in secrecy?
Bigot is a word you liberals use ...I don't..........
hmmmm....wonder why.
People aren't ready for this yet. It will backfire on him.
Name calling is all you have?
Is this the first post you have read on this thread?
I note you have never served.......No skin off your ass right?
I agree.
From the top-down is the wrong approach.
There must be a more dramatic and notable change on a social and cultural level throughout the US for something of this nature to really take effect and actually be accepted.
I don't want something ****ty to happen and "prove" to people why they never should have repealed it. . . and then really send things back. Not enough people are accepting of things, yet - definitely not in the military.
I think they should modify DADT, first, before repealing it.
I served. 82nd Airborne. And no, I would have had no problem. I'm an adult quite capable of handling myself without denying others the priviledge to serve.
BTW, you still haven't explained why others should vote on military rules.
Defense Sec. Gates was testtifying in front of the armed services committee on CNN this morning and he said there would be no decision in at lest a year......The change if it ever happens has to go through Congress and they don't have nearly the votes.........
No...if you had been following along you would know that.
Navy, himself posted an article which cited that the vast majority of the military have stated that they have no problem with allowing gay men and women to serve in the military....
And yet...he still trys to argue that the military rejects it.
What does this argument suggest to you?
Seems to me that Navy is trying to say that although military members state openly that they support the ability of gay men and women to serve our country openly in the military...if given the option to vast a ballot in secret, would become bigots in the ballot box.
I have more faith in the integrity of the men and women of our military than that.
What do you base this on?
You have the top military officers in the Country calling for the end to this stupid and outdated law....calling for gay men and women to be able to serve their country.
Why do you think that Congress would vote against the military rather than support the opinions of the vast majority of the ranking military in the country?
I have never seen anyone lie like you DD.......The military and the Navy in particular are dead set against lifting the ban on gays serving openly in the military which you will see in the coming months.......According to Sec Gates seaking this morning thr majority of the Senate iks against it too.......You are not in a court room now DD...You can't get away with your lies about me..
One more thing you know nothing about how people feel in the Navy or what its like.......
Do you know anything? Did you see the Joint Chiefs sitting on their hands when Obama announced it in the state o the union address or did you even watch it..............Earlier in this thread someone posted a list of senion officers against changing the policy and there was hundreds......
This is not a court room......You can lie and get away with it there but I won't let you do it here.....I will call you on it every time......
when you lie DD what creditability you have you lose and you have not had much to start with.......
Navy...you are lying through your teeth yet again.
Do you not read?
The vast majority of high ranking military officers in this country support ending the ban on gays in the military.
The overwhelming majority of men/women serving in the military today support ending the ban on gays in the military.
Where are you getting your information that the majority are against it? It doesn't seem to be supported by the information that is out there.
Let me give you another clue Navy. You may think that you know what people in the Navy today think based on your you and your cronies attitudes were 40-50 years ago. That isn't true today. The military is much more diverse today and people do not have the same prejudices and beliefs that you and your buddies had. This is supported by the overwhelming majority of military service men and women who say they support ending the ban.
If you want to debate this issue honestly OK but if you keep lying then I have no other choice but to cease debating with you..........You keep lying....You think if you say it enough people will believe you.........It ain't going to happen......In the future I will only respond to posts from you that do not contain lies........
After debating with you I now know why most people think lawyers are scumbags...
NavyPride said:
No...if you had been following along you would know that.
Navy, himself posted an article which cited that the vast majority of the military have stated that they have no problem with allowing gay men and women to serve in the military....
And yet...he still trys to argue that the military rejects it.
I have more faith in the integrity of the men and women of our military than that.
Awesome! Slowly but surely America is joining the rest of us in the 21st century!
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