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Bill Clinton Believes That It Is Time To End Don’t Ask Don’t Tell
President William Jefferson Clinton weighed into the debate on Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell in his recent appearance with President George W. Bush. It was, apparently, one of the few issues which the two men disagreed on. The other appeared to be on the issue of same-sex marriage. President Clinton stated that his views on the subject are evolving as he gets to know many dedicated same-sex couples who hare raising children of their own.
Bill Clinton’s remarks on DADT make him the highest ranking person in the country to weigh in on this subject. It was under Clinton’s leadership that the policy known as DADT was implemented. He did so as an attempt to repeal the old policy concerning homosexuality in the military. Prior to DADT, even the suspicion of someone being homosexual was enough to earn them a dishonorable discharge, and prior to that policy being implemented in 1943, anyone caught engaging in homosexual behavior earned a dishonorable discharge. That policy dated to the founding of the Continental Army.
Bill Clinton also signed the Defense of Marriage Act. DOMA was written by Bob Barr, who then represented Georgia. DOMA prevents each state from recognizing any marriage equality laws passed by other states as well as preventing the Federal government from recognizing these marriages.
The views on DADT and same-sex marriage have evolved in the United States over the last decade. Most polls show strong support for the repeal of DADT, and increasing support for marriage equality has begun to show in the polls as well.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2009/05/presidents-bush-clinton-team-up-in-toronto-clinton-says-his-view-on-gay-marriage-is-evolving.html
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bj
June 2, 2009 at 1:48 am
your headline is misleading – if you read the article (which has few actual quotes) – “Clinton also expressed optimism that the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell policy” — which he helped enact — will eventually come off the books, allowing gay members of the armed services to serve openly.
“I think that time will lead to a repeal of this ban,” Clinton said.” It doesn’t say Clinton advocates this, it says he sees it ending at some point in the future……. very ,very different than saying he believes it istime to end it!
Stanley James
May 30, 2009 at 11:53 pm
As commander in chief of our Armed Forces, Pres. Obama can simply direct that any type of disciplinary action against a soldier for admiting he is gay be stayed until it is reviewed by the White House.
And unless the charge includes lewd or promiscuous conduct against a non-consenting individual, or similar activites, the White House will simply dismiss the charges, and order that no record of the charges be kept, except to give the paperwork to the soldier, in case he is nuisance charged again.
It is time to defned America, not Homophobia.
And to lay the blame for an unknown number of soldiers deaths who could have been saved if we had enough arabic translators – about 50 or more have been DADT’d out of the service – at the socalled center for military readiness
Run by a Catholic, Ms. Donnelly. Who prefers that Americans die, and God only knows what other awful things could happen – just so she can support the prejudice and hatreds of her church.
Jessica Sideways
December 10, 2009 at 7:19 pm
There are a number of things that President Obama CAN do to change the way that gay people in this country are treated by our federal government. However, he is NOT going to do them. Like Bill Maher said, I am out of hope but I am full of audacity.
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