It’s about time. The United States of America has no business whatsoever in the discrimination arena. But for some reason, we’ve allowed “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” to be active since 1993. When will we learn that discrimination is not right, that it is looked upon by future generations as narrowminded bigotry? And since 1993, we’ve been open about our close-mindedness, and allowed it to affect National Security (as we did when we allowed two Arabic translators to be fired when it came out that they had come out).

But finally, some sense has come. Obama, in his State of the Union address last week, called on the Pentagon to begin the process to end DADT.

This week, the Pentagon began that long and arduous process:

The Pentagon has taken the first steps toward repealing the military’s
controversial “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy regarding gay and lesbian service
members, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday.
Laying the groundwork
for a repeal of the policy will take more than a year, Gates said…

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen also endorsed a repeal
Tuesday, telling the committee it is his “personal belief” that “allowing gays
and lesbians to serve openly [in the military] would be the right thing to do.”
“For me, personally, it comes down to integrity,” he said.
“The question
before us is not whether the military prepares to make this change, but how we
best prepare for it,” Gates told members of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
“We have received our orders from the commander in chief and we are moving out
accordingly.”

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen also
endorsed a repeal Tuesday, telling the committee it is his “personal belief”
that “allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly [in the military] would be the
right thing to do.”
“For me, personally, it comes down to integrity,” he
said.

“The question before us is not whether the military prepares to
make this change, but how we best prepare for it,” Gates told members of the
Senate Armed Services Committee. “We have received our orders from the commander
in chief and we are moving out accordingly.”

Read the rest of the article at CNN

This should be something both sides of the aisle can agree on, Republican and Democrat. Progressive and Moderate Republicans should really be at the forefront of this, much like the Log Cabin Republicans are doing. We need to show the world that our party can change and be at the forefront of civil rights again, as when Lincoln issued the Emanipation Proclamation. “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” has no place in the US, and therefore, no place for support within the Republican party.

Crossposted at Musical Musings