Obama Vows to OK Gays in Military

[scorpio]

Obama vows to end restrictions on gays in military
By Caren Bohan and Nancy Waitz
Reuters
Saturday, October 10, 2009; 10:53 PM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, speaking on the eve of a major gay-rights march, told gay supporters on Saturday he would fight for their causes and renewed a pledge to end restrictions on their service in the U.S. military.

To a standing ovation at a dinner held by the Human Rights Campaign, a gay advocacy group, Obama said he would "end 'don't ask, don't tell,' That's my commitment to you."

Obama, who was referring to the policy prohibiting openly gay people from serving in the U.S. military, was seeking to shore up his support among gays and lesbians who backed him strongly during last year's presidential campaign.

Many gay activists are frustrated he has not moved more quickly to carry out promises, such as overturning the "don't ask, don't tell" policy and repealing the Defense of Marriage Act, which bars the federal government from forcing states to recognize gay marriage.



Activists plan to march in Washington on Sunday to urge action on those issues.

At the dinner, Obama acknowledged that work on those issues was "taking longer than you'd like" as the push to overhaul healthcare and dealing with the economic crisis dominate his domestic agenda.

But he promised "unwavering" support for broadening the rights of gays and lesbians and said he would not allow the issue to be sidetracked.

"Do not doubt the direction we are heading and the destination we will reach," said Obama, who made history as the first African American president and compared the push for gay rights to the struggles in the 1960s to end discrimination against blacks.

"My expectation is that when you look back on these years, you will see a time when we put a stop to discrimination against gays and lesbians, whether in the office or on the battlefield."

Obama touted his decision to extend some benefits to partners of gay federal employees and said he hopes to soon sign a bill that would broaden the definition of hate crimes to include attacks on people because of their sexual orientation.

The House of Representatives passed the bill last week and the Senate is expected to act soon.

Obama last week nominated an openly gay lawyer, David Huebner, to serve as his ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa.

Lane Hudson, a blogger and activist who attended the Human Rights Campaign event, said while Obama's speech was well-received, it probably would not erase doubts about his commitment to fulfilling his campaign promises.

"It was the kind of feel-good speech we are used to from the president," Hudson said. "It lacked any specific details on fulfilling his promises and he failed to say anything new at all."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/10/AR2009101002872.html

So After Obama changes this, you can be as femme and flaming as you want. If your sergeant tells you to "ACT LIKE A MAN!!!"
he will be guilty of discrimination and a hate crime too.... :roll:
go figure.

[jai_mann]

Way to demoralize the MAJORITY of the armed forces! This is no different than telling women in the forces that they're going to have to start sharing barracks (if they don't already) and showers with heterosexual males.

Doesn't surprise me that limp wrist Obummer would do this.

[CrackSmokeRepublican]

The Faggot Obama probably has a "Crush" on some Officer in uniform. It figures he would pass crap like this.

[scorpio]

The Faggot Obama probably has a "Crush" on some Officer in uniform. It figures he would pass crap like this.

you tell it like it is, bro
 :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

[Anonymous]

:lol:  eventually, on the way back in the limousine......... ?......... they "worked up" the "details"... :lol:  speak to the microphone! yes sir!  :lol:   :shock:  :roll:

[Anonymous]

i thought that gays have the "TIME" to think about the attacks on the family and the tragedies of (not only) heterosexuals to receive their children in body bags...? where's the sanctity of life? "left/right" gay/clone organs/stem cells ...    where's the difference between beast and man? oooooh I've got it, it is a small beast, "a" PARASITE!

[Christopher Marlowe]

Our military is mainly used to support the objectives of international zionist business, and has done so for as long as I can remember. (See: War Is A Racket) The effect on the individual serviceman at best is to be propagandized, perhaps taught some worthwhile skill and given a leg up in the business world, especially the MIC. At worst, servicemen are fed into a meat grinder and/or made into killers of innocent civilians.

It is sad to see any profession forced to abide some degenerate practice, especially in the instant case where a closet clique of queers contaminate countless companies.  But the odds are that someone in the military will be doing the devil's work, regardless of what his platoon sergeant thinks of how the soldier looks in his underwear.

The MSM was asking General Myers what he thought of these latest developments, and, not caring a fig about what he thought, I wondered, "Is this the Same General Myers that was acting Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on 9/11?"  The same guy who was supposedly in a meeting and wasn't disturbed while the second plane hit the WTC and the third plane hit the Petagon?  Would it be any worse if the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in addition to either being a traitor or else a total incompetent, was a fag?  

I think the Army would have an even tougher time recruiting volunteers if the youngsters knew that they would be sharing close quarters with men who have erotic fantasies about sharing close quarters with other men. (This is an old joke: What do you call 100 homosexuals on a boat?  The Navy!)  

Since the military is MAINLY used for evil; and since it is run by incompetents/evil slave to zionism; and since being in the military is very dangerous to life and limb; something that might keep young men from joining the military might not be such a bad thing.