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Gay Rights Activists Accuse Obama Of Silent Homophobia (VIDEO)

Monday, November 15, 2010


Obama can can issue an executive order directing the Secretary of Defense to suspend homosexual conduct discharges. As Commander-in-Chief in a time of war, as a matter of national security, he can do basically anything he wants.

Obama can end DADT with an executive order (A group of experts in military law concluded Obama can end DADT with the stroke of a pen): 

http://www­.palmcente­r.org/file­s/active/0­/Executive­%20Order%2­0on%20Gay%­20Troops%2­0-%20final­.pdf 

Congress can continue to work on ending it through legislation, while individuals and groups go about ending it through the courts (the Log Cabin Republicans lawsuit has taken 6 years to get to last month's decision in the federal court; it's nowhere near over). 

There's no reason all can't happen simultaneously, and should.  

But like every other issue important to the many different groups making up the Democratic Party's voters, Obama is AW0L.   And so is the Democratic Party's leadership (controlled by the DLC).
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