"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Repealed

Col. Victor Fehrenbach

Washington Times - Setting the stage for a major social change, the Senate voted Saturday to overturn the military's policy banning openly gay and lesbian troops, know as "Don't ask, don't tell," sending the repeal to President Obama for his signature. The 65-31 vote, with eight Republicans joining Democrats, marks the beginning of the end for the 17-year-old policy, though the Pentagon and White House will need to make certain certifications before the ban officially is repealed. "We inexorably move to equality," said Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat. "Sometimes it's painful, sometimes it's difficult, sometimes we take two steps forward and one step back, but as the great scholar de Tocqueville wrote when he visited America in the 1830s, the thing that separates America from all the other countries of the world is equality always prevails." Read full story here:

"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Repealed