Obama Ends The Ban On Gays In The Military

[NicoleLJ]

http://news.yahoo.com/obama-ends-gay...205550221.html

"The Pentagon is expected to spend the next 60 days preparing the troops for the change, and ironing out legal and technical details, including how it will affect housing, military transfers and other health and social benefits.

In most cases, the guidelines require that gays and lesbians be treated like any other member of the military.There will be differences, however. Same sex partners will not get the same housing and other benefits as married couples. Instead, they are more likely to be treated like unmarried couples.

Once the repeal is final, service members can no longer be discharged for openly acknowledging they are gay. That is the key change. And those who have been discharged previously based solely on the gay ban may apply to re-enter the force.

Service members may also designate their same-sex partners as beneficiaries for insurance and other benefits — something they may have avoided earlier for fear it would cause their dismissal.

One of the thornier issues is gay marriage.

An initial move by the Navy earlier this year to train chaplains about same-sex civil unions in states where they are legal was shelved after more than five dozen Congress members objected."

Click on the link for the full article. It is a step in the right direction. There is still a lot that needs to be changed but it is a positive step forward.

[Lady's Human]

The military isn't a place for social engineering.

Note to the mayor, this should be in the doghouse.

[blue]

Buying votes in the next election is all this is. The flamboyant and militant gays will only push for more now.

[lizbud]

The flamboyant and militant gays will only push for more now.

Yeah, like equal treatment under the law.

[Randi]

That's great news! Certainly a step in the right direction. I like B. Obama more and more - how lucky you are to have a man like him as your President!

[Edwina's Secretary]

Yeah, like equal treatment under the law.

Indeed! The audacity of these people. Wanting to serve their country. Who do they think they are?

[Lady's Human]

Thank God I'm retired.

This is going to be messy, the military will have a nightmare of a time with this, but everything will be hunky dory in the press.

Careers and lives will end because of this fiasco.

[blue]

Yeah, like equal treatment under the law.

So making special laws and accommodations for gays in the military is equal treatment?

Gays were free to serve before President Obama lifted the "Ban" on gays in the military.

[NicoleLJ]

So making special laws and accommodations for gays in the military is equal treatment?

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How are they being given special accommodations? They are being given the same rights as everyone else. I don't see that as special. I see that as equality.

[Karen]

So making special laws and accommodations for gays in the military is equal treatment?

Gays were free to serve before President Obama lifted the "Ban" on gays in the military.

They were allowed to serve as long as they did not admit their sexual orientation to anyone. T'was always thus, unofficially. These days, there are more and more lawyers on earth per person, so more things make it into law.

It will be a transition, that's for sure. I hope it happens more or less smoothly, but knowing there are human beings involved on every side of the issue means it probably won't. Sigh. But I can hope!

[Lady's Human]

The posts were removed by the mayor as a request, it was a sideline discussion and a misunderstanding.