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House may vote Thursday evening to repeal ban

In letters to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader John Boehner, the head of the nation’s largest wartime veterans organization, stated his group’s opposition to repealing the military’s "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" (DADT) policy banning homosexuals from serving openly in the military. The House may vote to repeal that policy as early as Thursday evening.  

Homosexualist activists have been pushing for the Senate Armed Services Committee to attach a repeal of the ban to the annual defense spending bill. This would secure a repeal before several Democrats are expected to lose their seats in the November elections. However, the move has been criticized as underhanded, as it would pass before a Pentagon study on the effects of a repeal had time to be completed.  

The House of Representatives may vote Thursday evening on whether to include the ban in their own version of the defense bill.  

"We feel strongly that the current policy has served the U.S. military well for 17 years and it would not be wise to make a major cultural change in the middle of two wars," The American Legion National Commander Clarence E. Hill wrote to the House leaders earlier this month. "Moreover, the Department of Defense has already directed a study on the policy and it would be premature to act before the commission conducting the study releases its findings."

 "Under current policy, men and women are already allowed to serve their country regardless of their sexual preference. Allowing homosexual members to announce their preference within the ranks could jeopardize the unit cohesion which is so essential to military success," said Hill, a retired U.S. Navy captain and veteran of the Gulf War. Read more....