“Today marks the official end of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ and is an historic milestone along the journey to achieving LGBT equality in America’s military. Thanks to veterans, active duty, leaders, allies and supporters everywhere, this is a monumental day for our service members and our nation. Indeed, we have taken a tremendous leap forward for LGBT equality in the military,” said Army Veteran and SLDN Executive Director Aubrey Sarvis.
One hundred events are taking place in all 50 states as repeal supporters celebrate. To see a list of all events, including a link to the online details about each celebration, visit the website for the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network.
Eric,
It’s all that living in close quarters that does it! Stuck with the same people for months at a time, unable to go anywhere further than the ship itself, it gets lonely out there, and you can only pump iron so much, watch the same video only so many times before you go completely batshit crazy. I knew a couple of gays on my ship, and we even suspected a couple of officers were too: one was very much the dom, the other was quite the little sub. They were quite the pair.
The Navy almost used that song for recruiting purposes, until someone quietly told them the truth about the Village People…
Anyone ever heard the Village People song, “In the Navy”? The Navy is where it’s at, if dig like men.
IAT: It’s About Time!
My congratulations to all the gay and lesbian brothers and sisters in the service – this straight old vet wishes them well, and a safe career.
Today and tomorrow may see a lot of surprised straights in uniform as their comrades come out: it may end up being a lot of people, many of whom were deep in the closet.
If only people WOULD mind their own business; maybe things would change for the better more often if they did. I am SO glad DADT is gone.
Right on the mark, Eric. Right on.
It’s important to understand that this was never really about not asking and telling. It was about a method for routing out gay and lesbian people and ruining their careers. In truth it was another example of sexual hypocrisy from Bill Clinton, that panned out later in his presidency. In this whole debacle we have a perfect example of why sexual secrecy of any kind, particularly when preached from a pulpit, is toxic and hypocritical. People have a right to mind their own business if they don’t mind everyone else’s.