It is also noteworthy to note, that the only unquestionable success of O's administration is on a purely symbolic issue - gays have already served, they just could be open about their sexual orientation. So not much has changed really by this victory. By contrast, they caved in on all issues that had material stakes.
Wojtek
On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Ferenc Molnar <ferenc_molnar at hotmail.com>wrote:
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> “We righted a wrong,” said Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, the independent
> from Connecticut who led the effort to end the ban. “Today we’ve done
> justice.”
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/19/us/politics/19cong.html?hp
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> Gay men and lesbians are already serving in the US military. Many of these
> young men and women enter the military because it's their only option. The
> repeal of DADT might indeed make their lives a little better. But I have my
> doubts considering the continuing dismal treatment of women in the US Army.
> What is most troubling for me is the increasingly accommodationist tone
> towards U.S. military projects from the LGBT lobbyists and their many
> supporters.
>
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