Don't Ask Don't Tell Upheld by Supreme Court

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When Barack Obama sought the presidency, he pledged to reverse the "Don't ask, don't tell" policy preventing gays and lesbians from serving openly in the U.S. military. Yet on Monday, the Supreme Court rejected a gay Ohio soldier's challenge to the law — with the legal backing of none other than the Obama Administration. http://www.time.com/time/nation/arti...,00.html?imw=Y

The Supreme Court yesterday declined to hear a constitutional challenge to the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy banning openly gay people from serving in the U.S. military, a move that effectively leaves it to the Obama administration to resolve the issue. The court sided with the administration, which had urged the justices not to hear the appeal against the policy, even though President Obama is on record as opposing it. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/world...on_t_tell.html

Obama and his congressional allies now look as if they are avoiding the issue all together while they seek support for major health care changes, immigration and other initiatives, and are appearing fearful of aggravating voters with what they perceive as a hot button issue… http://lezgetreal.com/?p=14462

There are so many controversies within this topic that I am not even sure where to begin, so we are going to leave things fairly open as to which direction we go with it. I am curious about the role Obama plays in all of this considering his vow before election to get rid of the policy.

If you are going to participate in this debate, I am going to first ask that you review our special rules for the politics forum. I will be expecting you to back up your thoughts with your reason WHY you feel that way. Additionally, if you state something as fact, please provide evidence.

Play nice! I will not tolerate disrespect in this thread or anywhere in the community.