Posted by
Billy on Wednesday, January 07, 2009 8:53:44 PM
Sixteen years after Bill Clinton tried to end restrictions on gays in the military, the US armed forces under Barack Obama may be forced to give homosexuals the same welcome as non-gays.
Under president Clinton, the policy that once saw homosexuals discharged from US military service evolved to "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," allowing gays to remain in the military so long as they did not reveal their sexual orientation.
Obama has pledged to overhaul current law.
"The key test for military service should be patriotism, a sense of duty, and a willingness to serve. Discrimination should be prohibited," reads an entry on the president-elect's transition website.
Shortly after taking the oath of office in 1993, Clinton originally moved for an outright ban on discrimination based on sexual orientation in the military
(If Obama does this it will very much hurt him and make it more likely he will be a one term President. The purpose of the arm forces is to defend our great nation and not encourage the ideas of the radical left. Why should a committed follower of Jesus who is in the arm forces be forced to sleep next to a man who might be gay. Read more on this story Obama era expected to end taboo on gays in military.)...
