Dec 22, 2010
Obama Signs Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal
Marines Celebrate Repeal Of Don't Ask, Don't Tell
Today marks a great milestone in the struggle for Gay and Lesbian equality in the United States. President Obama signed the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell repeal legislation this morning in front of a cheering crowd of American soldiers and equality advocates.
Declaring that members of the military will no longer be asked to lie, President Barack Obama fulfilled a campaign promise Wednesday and signed a landmark law repealing the ban on gay men and women serving openly in the armed services.
“This is a good day,” a beaming Obama said. “This is a very good day.”
“As one Special Operations warfighter said during the Pentagon review [...] ‘We have a gay guy in the unit. He’s big, he’s mean, he kills lots of bad guys. No one cared that he was gay.’ And I think that sums up perfectly the situation,” Obama said in remarks preceding the signing.
via Obama signs repeal of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ – Politics – White House – msnbc.com.
Gay and Lesbian Americans demand the same rights and respect as every other person in the United States. Bigotry and homophobia are a cancer destroying America’s greatness. The days of unjust discrimination against someone for being born differently are coming to an end in this country.
The repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell not only strengthens America’s military might, it upholds our greatest American value…freedom from oppression.
