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Ending 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
According to Pentagon sources, Defense Secretary Robert Gates is prepared to ask for up to a year to study the best way to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
Today's hearing on Capitol Hill comes on the heels of one key sentence in the president's State of the Union address last week.
This year, I will work with Congress and our military to finally repeal the law that denies gay Americans the right to serve the country they love because of who they are. It's the right thing to do.
We were joined on Tuesday's American Morning by Alex Nicholson, the executive director of Servicemembers United, an advocacy group that opposes the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. Nicholson is a former Army intelligence officer who was dismissed for being gay.
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I was just kicked out of the army because of people saying I was gay. I am gay, I never said so. I am a H.R specialist who had the highest rate at fort sill,ok . Why can't gays be in the army. I did nothing wrong. Its a witch hunt. I'm great at my job and I wish I can go back to the military.
it amazes me that people are so afraid of gays and lesbians. They are like anyone, just human beings. I have several friends who are either gay or a lesbians. I feel like this is no different than other discriminations and I have yet to have a gay or lesbian make a pass at me. they make the best of friends and they have their own places to go to meet other people of their sexual orgins. Plus, I don't feel they need their own barricks in the service. And to those who quote the bible, remember on thing, those who stand in judgement of others, will also stand in judgement. It is time to accept a person for who they are and not their sexual prefance.