I've come to wish you an unhappy birthday / 'Cause you're evil / And you lie / And if you should die / I may feel slightly sad / But I won't cry… — The Smiths, "Unhappy Birthday"And I'll only be slightly sad because you didn't die sooner:
It was 15 years ago, Tuesday, that President Clinton rolled out the policy that came to be known as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," which relaxed the long-standing bar against gay men and women serving in the U.S. military. While the move was initially hailed as progress for the rights of gays in the military, today many see it as a liability.In good news, anyone who gets the Democratic nomination supports the policy being overturned. In totally unsurprising news, all the GOP candidates support keeping it in place. If the next president (please, Maude) is a Democrat, this will be an issue, because the GOP will make it so.
FYI: Currently, there is a measure to repeal DADT which is in a House subcommittee and has 141 co-sponsors.
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