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Posted by: TimALoftis 2 years, 7 months agoBill Richardson, the Democratic governor of New Mexico and 2008 presidential candidate, announced that he believes "don't ask, don't tell" should be repealed.
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NelsonR
March 18, 2007, 7:16 p.m.If he advocates this he will also be out of office. Don't ask Don't tell on politicians.
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preacher65
March 18, 2007, 10:37 p.m.Bill just lost my vote. I may even post the Queer nation article from 15 years ago, telling how the queers were going to change the world, thats a good one. They call themselves gay? but there is nothing gay about being Queer, so to get themselves in a better mood they try to get people to except them because they can't except themselves. They want all our children to be Queer.
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david_nwpa
March 18, 2007, 11:02 p.m.Preacher, your entire comment is incomprehensible at best. Being gay is not immoral. I have made that point on numerous threads on this site, and we will not agree at all on the topic. Having said that, I applaud Richardson for speaking out immediately and clearly while indicating he has been a champion for gay and lesbian rights.
As for pushing it into people's faces, let me ask you how often we see ads and hear music for straight people. The answer is almost all the time. It is refreshing to see someone speak out on behalf of gays.
As for the two of you Preacher and Aniokly, why must you be so narrow?
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evelyna
March 18, 2007, 11:28 p.m.An end to that and any other standard. If it is alive and breathing they need it because of diminishing enlistments.
If the military was overrun by recruits they would still keep the same standard.
I do not think Clinton meant anything by it. I think he did that because a lot of people(mostly men)are hesitant about serving with gays.
I saw a lot of them fighting when I lived in Florida. They can kick some ***.
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rickcb
March 19, 2007, 12:19 a.m.Gay men have served in the U.S. Military ever since the revolutionary war. We are there today, and we will always be there. Gay men and women have sacrificed life and limb to protect our freedom, and guess what...their blood is just as red as anyone elses.
I thank Bill Richardson for his straight forward opinion on this issue.
All estimates indicate theat there are approximately 65,000 gay men and women currently serving in the combined forces. Indeed, the very first solider wounded in the Iraq war has just recently declared that he is gay. See his story:
OpEd: Is the Sergeant not a great Marine, because he's gay?
http://politics.netscape.com/story/2007/03/17/oped
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rickcb
March 19, 2007, 12:49 a.m.About Eric Alva
Eric Alva, 36, a native of San Antonio, was sworn into the U.S. Marine Corps when he was 19 years old after attending community college. He graduated from Southwest High School in 1989.
Alva served in the Marine Corps for 13 years, and was a member of the 3rd Battalion of the 7th Marines. At the age of 22, he was deployed to Somalia, and later he was stationed in Japan and Iraq. He re-enlisted following the Gulf War.
On March, 21, 2003, Marine Staff Sgt. Alva was traveling in Iraq in a convoy to Basra with his battalion - where he was in charge of 11 Marines - when he stepped on a landmine, breaking his right arm and damaging his leg so badly that it needed to be amputated. Alva was awarded a Purple Heart and received a medical discharge from the military.
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rickcb
March 19, 2007, 12:54 a.m.(Cont.)
Alva, who was a distance runner before his injury in Iraq, continues to run and ski with a prosthesis. Currently, he is studying for a degree in social work in San Antonio, where he lives with his partner, Darrell, to continue, he says, to work for "social justice."
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ConquerorWyrm
March 19, 2007, 3:36 a.m.This man is our best prospect for President in '08, with both sides of the aisle considered. Most qualified and competent of the bunch.
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Obtruder
March 19, 2007, 6:35 a.m.Repeal, "Don't Ask, Dont Tell?"
So it is now OK to tell?
Yep, Keith Olbermann is GAY!!!
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Obtruder
March 19, 2007, 6:39 a.m."This man is our best prospect for President in '08, with both sides of the aisle considered. Most qualified and competent of the bunch."
You could be right considering all of his experience put together, but the far left will not embrace him just like they didn't embrace the most qualified candidate in 2004, former Florida Governor and Senator, Bob Graham.
Conservatives would not be that put out by someone from the Democratic Party who is, "legally sane," and therein lies the problem.
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Natureboy
March 19, 2007, 8:26 a.m.Once again Bill misses the point - we should be working to keep both gays and straights OUT of the military!
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Star_Poet
March 19, 2007, 8:49 a.m.Do tell, and do ask.
Be careful.
Mr. Sulu is the navigator in such matters.
LOL
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WCFIELDS
March 19, 2007, 9:57 a.m.Bill Richardson seems O.K. I guess compared to the sideshow clowns in the National Political Big Tent he is acceptable. Maybe he'll replace the Special Education Graduate we presently have occupying the White House.
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2sidestoeverything
March 19, 2007, 10:33 a.m.I think no matter want your sexuality is you should be able to serve in the military. I come from a military family and when a person is in uniform they have to show respect for the uniform. Even if you are married you are not allowed to show affection in public to show respect for the uniform. I don't see the problem with anyone being able to serve unless there pedophiles.
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tchef
March 19, 2007, 10:41 a.m.By forcing men and women who serve in our armed forces to keep a lifestyle secret opens the door for them to be coerced by an enemy. By removing this we remove one more reason for blackmail.
Gays and Lesbians are tax paying citizens of this country and they deserve the same rights as the rest of us. Some of the best people I have known in life have been gay.
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jordan11
March 19, 2007, 11:52 a.m.I'm surprised. Didn't think people who stood by their conviction no matter what, existed any more. Good for Richardson for not worrying about what other people say.
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bill2936
March 19, 2007, 12:33 p.m."Don't ask, Don't tell"
Isn't that the DNC's theory on illegals voting?
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Hobe
March 19, 2007, 12:36 p.m.Governor Rishardson is best know for his wounder policy on Immagration to protect our American Borders...
It's Called Don't Ask, Don't Tell..
This Do Nothing is just Short Of A Joke....
How Sad....
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arleen60
March 19, 2007, 1:58 p.m.I just think there is a comfort factor here that everyone is ignoring.
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chevydog
March 19, 2007, 2:09 p.m.Leaving aside the reasoning, pro and con,...
I thought that "Don't ask, don't tell" was a policy rather than a law. Laws can be repealed, but that particular language is not usually applied to policy. Can it be that the good governor is not aware of the difference?
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HMMace
March 19, 2007, 2:30 p.m."Ol "flip-flop" Richardson should try going straight himself..Another politician not to be trusted... NEVER RE ELECT ANY POLITICIAN--EVER..
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THOMNH62
March 19, 2007, 3:04 p.m.so everyone in the begining of this post were saying this is a republican issue, I am confused. Wasn't it Bill Clinton that changed the policy, isn't Richardson a democrat, whats this got to do with the republicans. What would he change the policy to. Will we need seperate housing for the them.
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