http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2009/05/07/all-that-is-required-is-leadership Comments On: "All that is required is leadership." by Dan Savage en-us Copyright 2009 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0800 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:15:00 -0800 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by Kevbar]]> Thu, 07 May 2009 20:29:10 -0700 The Stranger
Wouldn't that be a comedy of errors?

Gays: "Repeal DADT!"
Obama: "Okay. *scribblescribble* Done!"
Military: "You gays! Out!"
Gays: "Hey, wait! We wanted to be able to serve!"
Obama: "You didn't ask for THAT!"
Posted by Kevbar]]> Thu, 07 May 2009 20:21:50 -0700 The Stranger
A friend of mine pointed out the UCMJ actually needs a bit of an overhaul to pull its rules of conduct into the twenty-first century, that plain old adultery, for example, is still a crime, whether het or gay.

If I have this wrong, someone correct me. I seem to be looking at a butt-naked emperor here; it seems the mere repealing of DADT will be, by itself, a very bad thing.
Posted by Uriel-238]]> Thu, 07 May 2009 19:08:20 -0700 The Stranger
If that means behind the doors, whatever.
Posted by tunanator]]> Thu, 07 May 2009 15:57:44 -0700 The Stranger Posted by konstantConsumer]]> Thu, 07 May 2009 11:24:58 -0700 The Stranger
dh Atlanta
Posted by Darren H Atlanta]]> Thu, 07 May 2009 11:19:51 -0700 The Stranger
America listens.

And then changes the channel - QUICK.
Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Thu, 07 May 2009 10:59:53 -0700 The Stranger
I really hope Obama steps up. He really needs to do this.
Posted by subwlf]]> Thu, 07 May 2009 10:25:18 -0700 The Stranger
Doesn't he? As the Commander in Cheif, he could just give the top brass orders not to enforce DADT?
Posted by guy]]> Thu, 07 May 2009 09:35:32 -0700 The Stranger The president has to look at a balance of problems, and some of them are only urgent to a small part of the population. That means that they won't get dealt with all at once or necessarily right away. At least Obama isn't heading off on a vacation all ready.
Posted by BakerB]]> Thu, 07 May 2009 09:28:25 -0700 The Stranger
I hope that Obama can be counted on to move gay issues forward, but sometimes I'm just happy that he's not smiling at us with one step and selling us out with the next, like our most recent Democratic president.
Posted by LogopolisMike]]> Thu, 07 May 2009 09:15:48 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Rob in Baltimore]]> Thu, 07 May 2009 09:10:23 -0700 The Stranger Posted by emma's bee]]> Thu, 07 May 2009 09:05:41 -0700 The Stranger Posted by BABH]]> Thu, 07 May 2009 09:04:52 -0700 The Stranger But an awful lot of gay 18 year-olds who join the military don't know they're gay. For many of those who do, it's their only way out of small town small-mindedness. Of all the gay vets I know, I am the only one signed up in full knowledge of both myself and the rules.

And just so you know, Loveschild, my teammates knew I was gay, and we were really fucking good at our job.
Posted by BABH]]> Thu, 07 May 2009 09:03:03 -0700 The Stranger
It's much easier for your kind to demonize and hunt the other side. The President has no power to overturn by himself DADT with the stroke of a pen as Ms Maddow would have you believe, you seem to keep forgetting that because it better suits your cause to keep making up imaginary enemies to demonize them and give those in your side the appearance of downthrothen victims, if that's no being a hypocrite then I don't know what is. And the few people that are tolerant of you upon seeing your relentless beatin on the President will be turn off by your tactics and see you as spoiled brats.
Posted by Loveschild]]> Thu, 07 May 2009 08:55:20 -0700 The Stranger
She's down the street, peering into the windows of the gay couple's house trying to see if they are doing something that offends her.
Posted by Rob in Baltimore]]> Thu, 07 May 2009 08:39:34 -0700 The Stranger
And a round of applause for Lt. Choi.
Posted by onion]]> Thu, 07 May 2009 08:38:21 -0700 The Stranger
Such a hypocrite, such a liar. If I recall my bible, I'm pretty sure you're going to bypass Gehenna and go straight into the beast's mouth if you believe a shred of what you pretend you do.
Posted by Baconcat]]> Thu, 07 May 2009 08:26:49 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Loveschild]]> Thu, 07 May 2009 08:18:26 -0700 The Stranger
There's a line-up of congressional nopefuls ready to be Dole-Kemps on the GOP side, dredging up a losing issue when there's a panoply of other issues they can cobble together.

The GOP would campaign on the wrong idea and end up gaining nothing but applause in the South.
Posted by Baconcat]]> Thu, 07 May 2009 08:10:32 -0700 The Stranger
Senate democrats pushed back on Specter, stripping him of seniority. Hopefully Penn. democrats will say no thanks dear Obama, we ain't electing Specter in our primary.

Push! Don't adulate. Don't make excuses for him like folks did on the Armenian thing. Freedom to marry, freedom to serve, freedom to pursue happiness, it's all American.
Posted by PC]]> Thu, 07 May 2009 08:04:47 -0700 The Stranger yet) is pretty far from the GOP. How do you think Ol' man McCain & the crazy Alaska woman would deal with DADT/DOMA/Mathew Shepard Act/EVERY FUCKING GAY RIGHTS ISSUE?

I hate to be a broken record, but we really really REALLY have to keep in mind how much better off we are with Obama.

Give
It
Time
Posted by Mike in MO]]> Thu, 07 May 2009 08:00:52 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Roscoe]]> Thu, 07 May 2009 07:37:30 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Be Our Guests]]> Thu, 07 May 2009 07:33:44 -0700 The Stranger