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Obama Will Delay Gays in Military

By Robert Stacy McCain on 11.21.08 @ 9:35AM

Rowan Scarborough of The Washington Times reports:

President-elect Barack Obama will not move for months, and perhaps not until 2010, to ask Congress to end the military's decades-old ban on open homosexuals in the ranks, two people who have advised the Obama transition team on this issue say.
Repealing the ban was an Obama campaign promise. However, Mr. Obama first wants to confer with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and his new political appointees at the Pentagon to reach a consensus and then present legislation to Congress, the advisers said. , , ,
"What's the reality for the new administration?" he said. "Financial crisis. Economic upheaval. Health care reform. Environmental challenges. Where does 'don't ask, don't tell' fall in all this? I would say it is not in the top five priorities of national issues."

It remains to be seen if Obama's gay supporters will be patient.

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WendyG| 11.21.08 @ 12:34PM

Heh. So many liberal interest groups supported this guy with the expectation that he would immediately do their bidding. Not so fast...it seems.

Bullpup45| 11.21.08 @ 1:47PM

As a veteran, I have no problem with homosexuals who desire to serve their country.

To paraphrase Colonel Jessup, there are more than a few pansies out there (especially in the media and acedemia) who love to live under the blanket of freedom, but wouldn't lift a finger to fight for it. The world is dangerous and America needs young men and women who will risk all they have to defend it.

It doesn't matter to me if the guy next to me in the foxhole happens to like other guys, he wouldn't be there if he didn't love his country more first, and it is our love of freedom and country that calls us to service.