Yesterday, the Stars and Stripes, an independent news source which operates from within the U.S. Defense Dept., said this in an article regarding the status of DADT:
"An official with the House Democratic leadership said the House is committed to repealing 'don’t ask' but has agreed with civil rights groups to put new hate crime legislation and a workplace nondiscrimination bill on the legislative calendar before taking up the military issue."
Yesterday, 76 House Democrats signed a letter to Obama urging him to halt discharges of gay military personnel.
So, I guess a few questions remain: Is there a deal? Was HRC lying? And was the letter sent to Obama yesterday simply "lip service" intended to make it look like some action is being taken given the fury that has erupted between LGBT folks and the DNC over the last week?
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Military Paper Backs Up Claims of Deal to Delay Repeal of DADT
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FRC Perkins claims fundies turning the tide on support for UAFA
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If you had any doubt that the professional Christian set isn't hard at work stirring up the Base over any and all legislation that is remotely pro-LGBT, look at Tony Perkins of the Family Research Counsel. He is cooing with glee that bible-beaters are picking up the phones and bombarding Congress over the United American Families Act. What the tactics prove is that they have to move the argument in any way they can to marriage equality and shooting it down because the polls are still on their side for now. You will see it come up over and over again as part of the slippery slope meme. All these people have are three obvious, crappy arguments....
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