March 21, 2007
63-28
Posted by
Mark Kleiman
That's the latest polling on getting rid of "Don't ask, don't tell" and letting gays and lesbians openly serve in the military. Support for gay marriage is still in a distinct minority. So it makes sense that Republicans and conservatives should want the debate to focus on gay marriage. By the same token, liberals and Democrats should want to argue about whether we ought to get rid of a silly, discriminatory rule that deprives our overstretched armed services, currently scraping the bottom of the recruiting barrel to meet quotas, of people ready, willing, and able to help defend us in a dangerous world.
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