Barack Obama Courts Gays, "Advocates" Ending "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Military Policy.
Barack Obama (before you click on the link, be WARNED: the pictures may be disturbing to some)"Advocates", while courting gays, ending Bill BUBBA Clinton's "Don't ask, don't tell" policy of allowing gays to serve in the military.
According to Obama, "There's increasing recognition within the armed forces that this is a counterproductive strategy - ya know, we're spending large sums of money to kick highly qualified gays or lesbians out of our military, some of whom possess specialties like Arab-language capabilities that we desperately need. That doesn't make us more safe."
The "don't ask, don't tell" policy has been praised and derided by many, and Obama's stance is sure to please some -- and alienate others. But the question that needs to be asked is whether an abandonment of the policy is good or bad public policy.
According to Obama, "There's increasing recognition within the armed forces that this is a counterproductive strategy - ya know, we're spending large sums of money to kick highly qualified gays or lesbians out of our military, some of whom possess specialties like Arab-language capabilities that we desperately need. That doesn't make us more safe."
The "don't ask, don't tell" policy has been praised and derided by many, and Obama's stance is sure to please some -- and alienate others. But the question that needs to be asked is whether an abandonment of the policy is good or bad public policy.
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posted by KYJurisDoctor at 8:52 AM
3 Comments:
Osi, is that scary warning really necessary? There are absolutely no "disturbing" pictures in the article you link to.
I hope it did NOT scare you, but it's better put there in case if someone takes offense to it.
There certainly were some disturbing images. Naked men hugging men in bed, men kissing, gay television promotions, two men kissing with a caption saying: "he held me tight...GAY.COM"
You better believe these pictures are disturbing! They certainly are disturbing to me!
I will not be voting for Mr. Obama under any circumstances and I will most certainly be working aggressively against his candidacy. I will vote for any of the candidates over Barak Hussein Obama. Here is some of what he had to say in that article:
The Advocate: Let’s start with what’s hot, why the silence on gay issues? You’ve only done one other interview with the LGBT press. I know people wish they were hearing more from you.
Sen. Obama: I don’t think it’s fair to say silence on gay issues. The gay press may feel like I’m not giving them enough love. But basically, all press feels that way at all times. Obviously, when you’ve got limited amount of time, you’ve got so many outlets. We tend not to do a whole bunch of specialized press. We try to do general press for a general readership.
But I haven’t been silent on gay issues. What’s happened is, I speak oftentimes to gay issues to a public general audience. When I spoke at Ebenezer Church for King Day, I talked about the need to get over the homophobia in the African-American community, when I deliver my stump speeches routinely I talk about the way that antigay sentiment is used to divide the country and distract us from issues that we need to be working on, and I include gay constituencies as people that should be treated with full honor and respect as part of the American family.
So I actually have been much more vocal on gay issues to general audiences than any other presidential candidate probably in history. What I probably haven’t done as much as the press would like is to put out as many specialized interviews. But that has more to do with our focus on general press than it does on … I promise you the African-American press says the same thing.
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