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Obama will end 'don't ask' policy, aide says
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... said: "You don't hear politicians give a one-word answer much. But it's 'Yes.' " The little-noticed response, made in a video posted on change.gov, made barely a ripple outside blogs focused on the gay community, but that's not surprising, said those who have been pushing to overturn the ban. Not only was Obama's position expected, they said, but support for reviewing or repealing the policy has grown markedly in recent years, including some from unexpected quarters. Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/0...

Phil Bronstein: "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Switch Makes "Gay" the New Civil Rights Issue
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... That's a change the gay community and supporters have been seeking since the policy went into effect in 1993. As Chronicle reporter Matt Stannard notes today, Mr. Obama is firmly in line behind people like Colin Powell and Sam Nunn, both of whom first supported "Don't ask.." and later came to oppose it. Also it's a safer bet when three-quarters of Americans polled now believe gays and lesbians should serve openly in the military, compared with less than half in '93. ...

Conservatives are funny
Daily Kos — Wingnut James Pethokoukis in US News: Even worse for the Left, Obama advisers are now signaling, says the New York Times, "that they may put off renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement, overhauling immigration laws, restricting carbon emissions, raising taxes on the wealthy and allowing gay men and lesbians to serve openly in the military." You know, like, pretty much the very heart and soul of the liberal policy agenda. Even healthcare reform might only be getting what aides call a "down payment" as a "sign of dedication to the broader goals." Let the wretching begin, Daily Kossacks. Wretching? Ha ha. More like ...

A Thousand Points Of Blindness
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — The striking thing about the letter organized by the Christianist Center For Military Readiness is the complete absence of any evidence or substantiation for its assertions, or indeed any engagement with the arguments involved at all. This sentence stands out: We believe that imposing this burden on our men and women in uniform would undermine recruiting and retention, impact leadership at all levels, have adverse effects on the willingness of parents who lend their sons and daughters to military service, and eventually break the All-Volunteer Force. The idea that allowing a small minority of service members to tell the truth if they ...

And our nation is just a little bit more secure
Some Guy With a Website by August J. Pollak - xoverboard.com — ... on the achievement of his very first military expert discharged for being gay, and an extra special congratulations to West Point graduate and highly-trained Arabic linguist Dan Choi for losing his job because the President is a fucking liar. ...