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Guest column by Irene Monroe: An executive order would repeal "Don't ask, don't

Started by Shana A, September 24, 2010, 07:00:18 AM

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September 24, 2010, 07:00:18 AM
Guest column by Irene Monroe: An executive order would repeal "Don't ask, don't tell"
by: Pam Spaulding
Fri Sep 24, 2010 at 07:00:00 AM EDT

http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/17426/guest-column-by-irene-monroe-an-executive-order-would-repeal-dont-ask-dont-tell

    By Rev. Irene Monroe

    This week Lady Gaga joined Maine's rally to send a message to the state's two moderate Republican senators, Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe, asking them to repeal "Don't ask, don't tell" (DADT), a critical vote in Congress.

    But to no one's surprise on Tuesday, Senate Republicans quashed it. Democrats needed only 60 votes to overcome a filibuster; the vote, however, was 56 to 43.

    The question our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) servicemembers should be asking is whether the vote was a sincere act on the Democrats' part to repeal DADT.

    Or was it merely pressure? Posturing? Or both?
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