President Barack Obama, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen certified Friday that the U.S. military is prepared to accept openly gay and lesbian service members, and that doing so will not harm military readiness, according to the White House.
Under a bill passed last year that set up a process for repealing the controversial "don't ask, don't tell" policy, all three men needed to sign a certification that confirms the military's ability to accept the integration of openly gay and lesbian troops.
A 60-day waiting period will now begin before the repeal is fully implemented.
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Allowing gay marriage and allowing gays to join the military is not something to be proud of, Stopping the war against innocent people of Palestine and such is what you should be doing.
How are openly gay people be accepted in the military ? In the Navy , the ship barracks are male and female separated, so how is every guy or girl going to walk around know that there is a gay person possibly looking at them ?
Wow, if you're that afraid of someone *looking* at you, you're too whiny and weak to be in the military. I think the church nursery is the right place for your combination of ignorance and childishness.
Guess what SooooMeeee, you already were enlisted with these "banchees". And they weren't looking at you.
Wonder why.
Words can't express how repulsive this post is. In one ridiculous paragraph, you screamed at everyone reading that you're ignorant, bigoted, paranoid, and narcissistic- pretty much the most revolting personality imaginable. Have fun dying alone and miserable after a horrible, hate-infested unfulfilled life.
By the way, you're also delusional – it isn't the majority at all, as every poll conducted in the last several years has shown.
Actually....the majority is either for the repeal or could care less either way.
i agree. PUT them ALL on the front line...
Stop it. You are acting like a two-year-old that just got onto mommy's computer for the first time.
im still trying to figure out if this is an ignorant hateful comment or if you mean put everyone on the frontline as in fight together because clearly we already do .
Not true, less than 2% of service surveyed, and very few were senior leaders or ncos. They intentionally surveyed trainees and younger soldiers to skew results. I dont know a single person who was asked about this.
In that case, most women should be in the military then. I hope the EO reps are prepared...