Poor Dan...The Military Board recommends dismissal for him under Don't Ask, Don't Tell
Hopefully, this mess will be solved sooner than later
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And Obama could halt the firings if he chose to do so, but he doesn't.
I am not talking about repealing DADT, but he can suspend the firings.
Choi is number 266 since Obama took office. Almost two members of the military fired each and every day since he took office.
Unforgiveable.
Very sad and wrong. I just don't get people's logic behind this.
THIS IS SO WRONG...
I am going to say something that is very unpopular....
While i don't agree with DADT it is the law. It was not grandfathered in, it existed when those 200 plus folks signed up for the service. Nobody pulled Dan Choi out of the closet, he outed himself. He broke the rules. I get that he felt that he could not live a lie anymore i don't think anyone should, but when you do that there are consequences and being discharged from the service for coming out is one of them.
Like i said unpopular but true.
That's a interesting point, D.J. I can see that
People "broke the rules" because they were brave enough to risk their careers to shine a better light on a horrible piece of legislation, some probably believed that President Obama would use his power to stop the discharges before they actually happened. Some did it for martyrdom. Some did it for personal reasons.
I was a U.S. Marine for four years, I only came out to very close, fellow Marines to whom it made no difference in their love and brotherhood to me.
The other 99.9% of the fellow Marines I was exposed to believed that DADT was their card to freely discriminate and mock homosexuality because they knew no one would stand up for themselves, and I wasn't brave enough to.
It isn't just unpopular to voice the fact that they broke the rules and suffered the consequences they were aware of. It's horrendous.
I can also see that as well. This is a difficult issue to put my finger on. I don't know why
@ Wonderman Because it is a unjust law. I think most of us agree that laws and rules need to be followed but we also agree that those same laws and rules should not be used to make some people in our society less than others.
@ Emikegarcia I have to disagree that pointing out the facts is horrendus. I was in a relationship for several years with Sgt. Major in the Army. he too told a select few but for the most part for his entire military career he kept very much to himself and it effected how he lived his whole life. Even in that he agrees and understands that rules are rules until they are changed. I wish the law didn't exist because then maybe my ex would not have lived his life the way he did. He might have been a little more open about himself.
D.J. Oh, I didn't mean that you were wrong. Laws are laws and rules are rules and hate is hate. There are many consequences that could be avoided by staying in the closet like getting bashed, fired, disowned by your family, not being able to be "a little more open about" yourself. Some are worse than others, yes, but creating a 'blaming the victim' atmosphere is, in my humble opinion, horrendous.
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