Israel's Military Queer Friendly

I am blown away by this picture. Two men holding hands in the Israel Military and it was proudly placed on the official Facebook page. It was posted for pride month to show that they treat everyone equal and to top it all off gays and lesbians have been allowed to serve openly since 1993. There are some rumours that the Israel military posted it to cause a controversy to overshadow the ongoing conflict with Palestine. I really don't care because this is fantastic (minus the whole war thing).
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Screw "Don't Ask, Don't Tell".

Yes, I'm using this comic again. I really think it's cute and it saves me the hours of drooling on my keyboard looking for pictures of hot dykes in uniform. But I digress...

On Monday over 100 retired admirals and generals called for a repeal of the ludicrous "don't ask, don't tell" policy that prevents queers from being honest while serving in the military. Because really, why would we value things like honesty?

The move by the military veterans confronts the incoming administration of President-elect Barack Obama with a thorny political and cultural issue that dogged former President Bill Clinton early in his administration.

"As is the case with Great Britain, Israel, and other nations that allow gays and lesbians to serve openly, our service members are professionals who are able to work together effectively despite differences in race, gender, religion, and sexuality," the officers wrote.

Well over 12 000 people have been discharged from the military since 1994 under this disgusting policy of bigotry. Now, Obama, let's get this repealed post hast, yes?
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Obama Lets Us Down

Barack Obama is "reluctant" about his promises regarding gay rights. Having promised to do away with the military "don't ask, don't tell" rule, he is now saying he wants to go slowly when removing the barrier to open queers.

In an interview with Mark Segal of the Philadelphia Gay News, Barack Obama indicated that he would not proceed unilaterally in fulfilling his promise to do away with the "don't ask, don't tell" policy for gays in the military.

Instead, the Democratic presidential candidate said that he would work through a step-by-step process with the military brass.

"The reason," Obama said, "is because I want to make sure that when we revert 'don't ask, don't tell,' it's gone through a process and we've built a consensus or at least a clarity of that, of what my expectations are, so that it works."

He is also hesitating on same sex marriage.

Obama also said he would be reluctant to instruct his attorney general to go to court to try to overturn the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, which denies federal recognition of same-sex marriages and gives states the right not to recognize such unions.

"I think we're going to have to take a different approach," he said, "but I am absolutely committed to the concept [that] it is not necessary." He said he would prefer to see Congress change the law.

Come on, Obama, don't let us down already!
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The US is Catching On

When I started this I said that I wasn't going to get all serious and political with it as I tend to do. No, I said, I will only post political things if they're huge. So what does the US do but go and get all gay rights on me.* Their fault, not mine.

So, anyhow, it seems that the Federal Court has ruled against the American military policy on queers. Don't ask, don't tell may finally get the boot and a whole lot of camo donning lesbians may suddenly get some serious boots. Ha ha, OK, not funny. Sue me.

*Michigan not included

NOTE: It's seriously very hard not to post all the interesting political type news here every day (like this), so if you want to read it, by all means let me know and I'll add more in. Otherwise I'll try to stick with the entertaining fluff we all know and love.
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