FINALLY! JUSTICE!

[bradygirl_12]

FINALLY the lawmakers in Washington did the right thing and repealed the odious 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' seventeen years after implementing this shameful law. Naturally, it'll take almost a year for things to get going (funny how when you grant people THE RIGHTS THEY SHOULD HAVE HAD IN THE FIRST PLACE, it takes the speed of molasses, but whatever), but after the way gay rights activists kept knocking their heads against the wall for almost two decades, it must be REALLY nice to finally stop.

Naturally, the critics claim All Sorts Of Horrible Things will happen (just as they did about racial integration in the armed forces back in the late '40s), but it seems to me that unless a gay or lesbian soldier is an idiot, they aren't going to be flaunting the fact that they're homosexual in people's faces or making passes, right? Homophobia is alive and well in the military and it's still dangerous to be gay. Any problems I see in the future will be from the homophobes, not the homosexuals.

Comments

[crooked-halo.livejournal.com]

This made me very very happy when I saw the headline tonight. It's way overdue and honestly I wonder what group is going to be discriminated against for next generation, because we never seem to quite get the 'equality for everyone' thing right, do we?

I just hope they don't find some way to reverse this. And my fingers are crossed for gay marriage next!

[saavikam77.livejournal.com]

Hooray for justice!!! \O/ I've been flailing like crazy since the news hit. :D

Of course it'll take a while for things to really change, but man, this was definitely the biggest hurdle.

And yeah, it's dangerous to be anything other than straight and *Christian* in the military, still. It's bizarre and backwards, but at least changes are being made, if slowly.

[nrrrdy-grrrl.livejournal.com]

Amazing!

[catalenamara.livejournal.com]

Awesome news - dancing a happy dance! You are so right about this is years overdue, but at least it's finally happened. And sadly it's also true that people seem to have to have someone or some group to fear as "the other".

[(Anonymous)]

I'm glad. I too found it amazing. Especially as how the heck did the American Senate pass something? I've been watching The Daily Show. ;) And now there might be sanity on the September 11 responders health bill. I hope so. By the way our politicians of both main parties are just as stupid on gays and lesbians marrying. And the majority of the country are for it!

Angeloz

[issuesgrrrl.livejournal.com]

Hoo-Rah! ;^)