"Enlightened enforcement" is what The NY Times calls the new guidebook to discrimination against gay and lesbian soldiers in the US military, issued by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates yesterday. He patted himself and the President on the back for showing "common decency" in the methodology for kicking gays out of the military on unconstitutional grounds. Wow. The white boys, and that includes at least half of the Pres, must feel like they're really doing something big. They and, say, Joe Solomoneasy of the Subhuman Rights Campaign.
And now who are the military most worried about losing and/or under-recruiting by DADT repeal? The AP says the "Southern, Christian base" might resist. That would be the SAME base that resisted desegregation of the troops in the 40s.
Shall we repeat: order them to, and they will do it. That's the principle. There's no phase-in, or "gradual easing" needed. The Times says, to effect the change requires "a major push by President Obama." Yeah, we can see that. I'll bet he's already told Rahmy E, "get on that queer justice right pronto."
That would be the same Obama who tried to buy off his gay critics by saying we could be at our dying partners' death beds and funerals—without a single family benefit, including the very insurance we need to get health care for our partners, and ourselves. The same Obamacrats who are giddy with self-congratulation over Health Care "Reform;" whatever you want to call the massive transfer of yet more public wealth to the private health insurance industry, it does NOT make a single benefit available to gay families as such. In other words, the whole health care industry can continue to discriminate against gay families with impunity until the cows come home.
Thanks Obie. Rahmy. Nancy Pee-pee. You're so enlightened and decent. Your children must be proud. (Speaking of Sasha and Malia, next topic.)
