Obama To Take On Military Gay Ban At `Right Time'

This past Sunday James Jones, security adviser to President Obama, made his rounds of the morning political talk shows and stated that the president will focus on overturning Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell “at the right time.”

For those of my readers that do not know what Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is, I will tell you. Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is a law that was passed in 1993 that bans gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wrote in a letter back on Sept 24th to President Obama, “At a time when we are fighting two wars, I do not believe we can afford to discharge any qualified individuals who is willing to serve our country.”

Congress is considering repealing the law, but action isn’t expected to be taken on this issue till early next year. The reason is because according to Jones, President Obama has an awful lot on his desk. Yet he says that he knows this is an issue that Obama intends to take care off at the appropriate time. He later says that the Defense Department is already doing the things that it has to do to prepare for the change, but the president will take it on at the right time.

Okay an I the only one who is pissed off! Do we remember when Obama was only a candidate for the presidency he promised s to repeal this law when he became president. Yet he has done nothing since taking office in January. Instead his administration has said that it will not stop the military from dismissing gays and lesbians who acknowledge their sexuality.

Do you know that last year 634 members of the military were discharged for being gay. Yes that is better then back in 2001 when 1,227 were discharged. But still that number should be zero. . .