Friday, December 4, 2009

More craziness over "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"


Until this week, no one except US Rep. Alcee Hastings (photo) from Florida even thought of yet another ridiculous result of Don't Ask, Don't Tell.  How can you have hearings on the matter if the people who are most affected by the law, LGBT folks,  can't talk at hearings?  As of now,  you'd have to put up your right hand and swear to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth.  Then, if you did, you'd break the policy and would be dismissed from the service.

It's lunacy.  At least Rep. Hastings has filed a bill to grant immunity to those LGBT service people who testify.  Then, of course, they'll return to their jobs as out LGBT folks.  So the very act of examining DADT will probably create a huge crack in the wall of DADT.  And what if the still isn't repealed?  Then I guess we'll just have to call it SAST: Some Ask, Some Tell.

Thank you, Rep. Hastings for pointing out just how illogical this policy is.

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