Chief Congressional Architect of Military's Gay Ban Ends Opposition to Openly Gay Service

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Former Senator Sam Nunn told reporters today that "times change" and it is now time to reconsider the ban on openly gay service that he spearheaded as Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee in 1993. When "fifteen years go by on any personnel policy," he said, "it's appropriate to take another look at it - see how it's working, ask the hard questions, hear from the military."

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"The opposition of two of the three giants behind 'don't ask, don't tell' has fallen in the space of a few days," said Dr. Nathaniel Frank, senior research fellow at the Palm Center, a UC-Santa Barbara think tank that studies gays in the military. The third main architect, said Frank, who will publish a book on the gay ban next year, was Colin Powell, the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. "We went from a three-legged to a one-legged dog in the same week," he said. "At this point, nothing but political inertia is propping this animal up."

http://www.palmcenter.org/press/dadt/relea...nly_gay_service

[almaty 19]

good..it was stupid rule anyway

[one...two...tree 2,762]

This is going to boost sales of the Village People'#######, 'In The Navy'.

A page in history is turned.

[Jack and Barbara 0]

Not to get a topic off track like the one about gay marriage, but maybe one day VJ will expand to include same-sex couples applying for visas...I hadn't thought about that until now.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Not to get a topic off track like the one about gay marriage, but maybe one day VJ will expand to include same-sex couples applying for visas...I hadn't thought about that until now.

That would be a great addition...certainly would liven up the discussions around here.