Republicans threatening DADT filibuster allows Pentagon to have the final say

[1776Forever]

Republicans set to filibuster DADT repeal compromise
by Dante Atkins

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/5/26/869488/-Republicans-set-to-filibuster-DADT-repeal-compromise

Republicans set to filibuster DADT repeal compromise Wed May 26, 2010

Yep: hating on gay people is so ingrained in the mindset of today's Republican Party that Republican Senators are threatening to filibuster the defense authorization bill if it includes the compromise hammered out between Senator Lieberman, Congressman Patrick Murphy and the White House to repeal DADT....

The compromise that the Republicans are threatening to filibuster allows the Pentagon to have the final say in the issue, which is precisely why it is not receiving the broadest support in activist circles. And yet, despite the fact that the Pentagon and the Joint Chiefs get to be the ultimate arbiters of whether the policy is repealed, that's not good enough for today's homophobic Republican Party. Today's Republicans don't want gay people to be able to serve in the military--even if the Pentagon says it's okay.

That's a pretty good indication of where the Republican Party stands. They don't really care what the military has to say. They're just interested in trying to preserve one more way of telling the country that being gay isn't okay.

[msongs]

1. it is the dems who have given the "joint chiefs" power to block DADT repeal nt

[Tesha]

2. They believe they will re-take the Congress in November, renderring the whole thing moot.

They may be right in their assumption.

Tesha

[monmouth]

3. It's all about wanting power, any power. They have none, thank you very much...n/t