[Peace-discuss] Questionable IP on DN
David Green
davegreen84 at yahoo.com
Wed Oct 13 11:59:39 CDT 2010
Again, Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez to easily indulge the notion that a
challenge to "don't ask, don't tell" is somehow a victory for ...... Democratic
Party Identity Politics?? Or, more fundamentally, fails to challenge the notion
that "equality" for gays in the military can be separated from larger issues of
life, death, and capitalism.
Predictably, from a Senior Editor at The Nation:
RICHARD KIM: So, you know, the Log Cabin Republicans were the people who brought
forward this case, and they’re actually urging people in the military to not
come out yet, because there might be an appeal. But what you saw here is really
the party of no; the Republican Party is really the party of homophobia. When
Obama came to office, he campaigned, in part, on getting rid of Don’t Ask, Don’t
Tell. He put in place a review in the military, legislation in the last defense
appropriations bill that would have gotten rid of it. Senator John McCain
filibustered it. And not one—not one—Republican member of the Senate moved over
to the Democratic side to break the filibuster.
So, what you’re seeing here is really the courts being the avenue of last
recourse. And the Obama administration and Democrats in Congress, wanting to do
this legislatively, they were stopped by the filibuster. And the courts
consistently, whether it’s on issues of marriage or Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell or
employment, have been really the avenue of last recourse, because there’s been
no legislative progress on this.
http://www.democracynow.org/2010/10/13/while_celebrating_halt_to_dont_ask
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