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"DADT" Vote Fails in the Senate

By Philip Klein on 12.9.10 @ 4:07PM

The U.S. Senate just voted down the defense authorization bill containing a repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," 57 to 40, with 60 votes needed to proceed.

The official roll call has not yet been posted, but among the key votes: Sen. Susan Collins voted "aye" while Sens. Scott Brown, Lisa Murkowski and Joe Manchin voted "no." Manchin was the only Democrat to vote against it.

UPDATE: Here's the roll call. Brownback, Cornyn and Lincoln were the ones who didn't vote, though Lincoln said after if she didn't miss the vote, she would have been an "aye." Meanwhile, Lieberman has said he plans to bring up the DADT repeal in a stand alone bill. Both Brown and Murkowski have come out in favor of repeal in principle, but had procedural objections to Reid's approach. Sympathetic Republicans have also said they want to see the tax issue resolved before voting for this.

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Alan Brooks| 12.9.10 @ 9:26PM

I'm very suspicious by nature, and surmise you are trying to scapegoat gays because there is no one left to pick on.
Yes, there is excessive PC; however that means you can't diss ethnic groups as much as you used to.
So that leaves gays: they can be depicted as 'sodomites' and potential seducers-in-foxholes.
Do you think gay Servicemen are going to march in formation wearing pink underwear?

A.M.| 12.10.10 @ 12:06AM

My husband's in the Army; we have known, and know of, gay service members. The thing is, Mr. Brooks, gay servicemen (and women) are WELCOM to march in formation wearing pink underwear...as long as they don't say anything about it. Much like my husband, for the sake of his promotion, chooses not to discuss the color of his underwear with his colleagues.