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Title: 'Don’t ask' hearing evokes the law's 1993 creation
Post by: Natasha on July 31, 2008, 01:32:16 AM
'Don't ask' hearing evokes the law's 1993 creation

http://www.gaypeopleschronicle.com/stories08/august/0801086.htm (http://www.gaypeopleschronicle.com/stories08/august/0801086.htm)
by Eric Resnick
8/1/2008

Washington, D.C.--Polls now show that three quarters of Americans think gays and lesbians should be able to serve openly in the armed services. But the "don't ask, don't tell" law requiring them to stay closeted will be difficult to repeal, if last week's congressional hearing is any indication.