Obama Aide: Gays in Military Policy Under Review

Sneakeedyck · May 11, 2009

President Barack Obama's national security adviser says allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military is in the early discussions.

But retired Marine Gen. James Jones says it's very preliminary in a very busy administration.

Jones said Sunday he's not sure if the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy would be overturned, although Obama has said he wants it eliminated. Jones said the decision to go forward lies with the president.

For now, Jones says, "We have a lot on our plate right now."

To change the Clinton-era policy, Obama would need Congress' approval. Recent polls suggest public support but the White House faces other challenges with lawmakers, such as passing his budget and health care plan.

Obama: A moderate all the way around.

Congrats you elected a radical leftist who is a Puppet of the ACLU.

This country is going down.

chicity · May 11, 2009

If he was a radical leftist he'd have done the damn thing already, as promised.

Peter Staley wonders why some very basic moves that would have established the president's bona fides early on in HIV policy have simply languished undone. Like, ahem, removing the HIV travel ban. It was backed by Bush, overwhelmingly passed by the last Congress, passed last summer... and yet the Obama administration has barely moved on it. Yes, there has been a very welcome boost to HIV research funding and one leading gay appointee, John Berry. But the rest is an awkward, inactive silence.
Their apparent resistance to anything pro-gay—delaying repeal of DADT indefinitely, freezing with fear on anything to do with civil unions or marriage—is beginning to make the Clintonites in the primaries seem prescient; and those of us in the gay movement who backed Obama seem like fools. Someone needs to get things moving in the right direction. Soon.
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http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/05/obama-treads-water-on-aids.html

Like I've said before...

Express the least dissatisfaction with the Obama administration on gay issues—note the disconnect between the fierce urgency of the promises made during the campaign and the total silence on gay issues since the inauguration—and folks start barking about how utterly trivial gay issues are in comparison to, say, the economy, the situation in Pakistan, pandemic flu, etc., etc., etc. And he hasn't moved on this divisive social issues now—on DADT, on DOMA, on the HIV travel ban—because he had to focus on the big things during his first hundred days. But the Obama administration has moved on numerous other issues that are arguably trivial (high-speed rail corridors) and he's moved on issues that are every bit as maddening to social conservatives as progress on gay issues (stem-cell research, lifting the gag rule). So... what's the holdup?

If gay issues are trivial, well, then perhaps straight Obama supporters impatient with the expectations of gay Obama supporters should be upset with Obama. He's the one, after all, who raised our expectations by making promises to us during the campaign. And the triviality of gay issues is just as good an argument for moving on gay issues now as it is against moving on them. Take action on DOMA and DADT and the HIV travel ban and if the social conservatives howl—excuse me: when they howl—Obama should remind Congress that Americans were fully aware of the promises he made to the gay community; John McCain and Sarah Palin and the GOP made sure of that. And we voted for him into office anyway, we endorsed his agenda, including his big, fat gay agenda. Then Obama can slam them for bogging down on trivial issues like repealing DOMA and enacting civil unions at the federal level—a move that will affect roughly 3% of the couples in the United States—while there are bigger, more important issues to focus on, like health care and the economy, which affect us all.
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http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2009/05/05/1508344-what-he-said

Sneakeedyck · May 11, 2009

Funny he ran as a moderate. Saddleback ranch " Marriage is between a man and woman" (on abortion)" Above my paygrade" Barack Husein Obama I know he's black but come on Carbon tax?

This guy is full of bad ideas.

chicity · May 11, 2009

Sneakeedyck said: ↑

Funny he ran as a moderate. Saddleback ranch " Marriage is between a man and woman" (on abortion)" Above my paygrade" Barack Husein Obama I know he's black but come on Carbon tax?

This guy is full of bad ideas.
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While running, he clearly stated that he would repeal DODA and DADT, and that he was pro choice. People voted for him anyway.

Tony Soprano · May 11, 2009

Wow. So gay people aren't allowed to be patriotic?

If gays choose to proudly serve their country in the armed forces, then they have every right to do so.

GFunk · May 12, 2009

Let the gays serve in the fuckin' army. Although, if I was gay, I wouldn't serve in the army. Hell, I ain't fighting for this god damn country as a straight man. I'm not gonna get used and butt-fucked. Hell naw. I'm no killer.

Hypestyle · May 12, 2009

hmm... all this before midterms? gutsy..

LaydeezmanCris · May 12, 2009

There is nothing to review ... just end the damn practice. To quote the great Barry Goldwater, "You don't have to be straight to be in the military. You just have to shoot straight".

The costs have easily outweighed the benefits with regards to DADT.

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