As the nation and the rest of the world prepares itself for Obama's State of The Union address later on, snippets of tonight's topics are being revealed. Among many of them is the issue of gays and lesbians in the army. Obama wishes to ask Congress to repeal the (current) military's policy on prohibiting openly gay and lesbian individuals from enlisting and serving in the Army. He says that this has been a long pressed and controversial issue that needs to be addressed in order to bring the nation closer to equality for all, not just selective individuals.
After lightly discussing the issue with some members of Congress, Obama has been getting support from Democrats but Republicans are still expressing disapproval. Obama's intention to address the issue of gays and lesbians in the military is just one among many of his promises he wishes to fulfill within his first year in office.
Already, this issue of gays and lesbians seems to be getting enough attention from the press that Pentagon Spokesman Geoff Morrell has given up answering questions regarding gays and lesbians, "directing reporters to take their questions to the White House."
If Obama's plan to repeal the policy, it would be not just a small step, but a big step in waking up the nation and getting extremists against gays to realize that it is time for a change in attitude toward these individuals who have caused nobody harm. But then again.. who knows. It might cause a movement among extremists who are hardcore extremists... what do you think??
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
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I do not support "Don't Ask-Don't Tell" repeal at all. The military is not the place to be open your personal characteristics. If you want to do that, do that on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Massachusetts, or San Francisco. You get the idea.
Obama's mention of equality for gays and their right to serve in the military was one of the first times Obama even mentioned how he is going to act in regards to gay rights. When he campaigned, he was for gay rights, but when he took office, many gay rights people were upset that Obama kind of ignored this issue. I think Obama took a big step in actually starting to address this issue.
-Henry Zhang
It does seem that Obama has many goals in mind but he did mention change we can believe in. And alas, he is only doing what he promised. Although I have to somewhat agree with what Andrew said, maybe Obama is just trying to make a loud shout out to the American people that maybe it's time we all need to realize that gay people are of no harm. If you don't like them, well, then leave them alone. They're not bothering you or harming you, nor are they presenting a clear and present danger. They're just expressing their own uniqueness.
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