>First Lieutenant Dan Choi is an Arabic-speaking linguist who is being fired from the Army National Guard because he is gay. As Commander in Chief, Barack Obama is responsible for this.
Between 1996 and 2006 60 Arabic linguists were discharged for being gay under Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. 12,500 otherwise qualified personnel have been discharged under the policy, at a cost of over $360 million.
Ejecting brave men and women with specialist skills is a threat to national security and leads to a dangerously weakened military, as Choi explains: “On Monday, September 10th 2001, a message was intercepted by the State Department: tomorrow is zero hour.
“Despite its simplicity, nobody was able to translate it. Any of the dozens of linguists already discharged for being gay at the time would have done so easily.” pinknews
911 could have possibly been avoided if this discriminatory policy had not been in place.
Here, Aaron Belkin explains why President Obama should and why he can sign an executive order today to stop this practice.
Straight people are really interested in the progress of gay rights, as this report from CNN shows. They start out talking about marriage but turn to DADT during the segment.
The segment points out, correctly I believe, that the gay community is being patient because we understand that there is a lot going on. Don’t do anything contentious regarding gays just before you want to get a (hopefully) equality minded Supreme Court justice affirmed.
But, come on Mr. President. Save Dan Choi’s job. Our country needs him.
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