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But he said he wants to proceed with his preferred approach: to allow the Defense Department to complete, by Dec. 1, a review of how to integrate gay men and lesbians in the armed forces, followed by an act of Congress that would overturn the don't-ask, don't-tell law.

Judge halts 'Don't ask don't tell' policy Jerry Markon 2010

The don't-ask don't-tell policy that fires hundreds of soldiers including needed translators for counter-terrorism = ok?

GOP senators zero in on Kagan's stance on gays in the military 2010

Under a law passed late last year, 60 days after top defense officials certify that military readiness won't be affected, the don't-ask law will be repealed.

Court Orders End to Ban on Gay Service Members Julian E. Barnes 2011

Opponents of her nomination are certain to raise questions about her decision, as Harvard law dean, to sign a friend-of-the-court brief arguing that law schools did not have to allow the U.S. military to recruit on campus because the don't-ask, don't-tell policy barred gays from serving openly.

Obama Nominates Kagan to Seat on Supreme Court 2010

The deans said the military's don't-ask, don't-tell rule on gays violated their schools 'antidiscrimination policy.

A Life Rooted in Pursuit of Education 2010

Opponents of her nomination are certain to raise questions about her decision, as Harvard law dean, to sign a friend-of-the-court brief arguing that law schools did not have to allow the U.S. military to recruit on campus because the don't-ask, don't-tell policy barred gays from serving openly.

Obama to Nominate Kagan to Seat on Supreme Court 2010

Seated behind a grand piano that belched flames from its soundboard, Gaga frequently digressed to lash out at the U.S. military's don't-ask, don't-tell policy and discrimination against the gay community writ large.

Chris Richards on Lady Gaga's stop at Verizon Center 2010

The policy concessions that the Clintons made to retain their political capital in the 90s (e.g., "free" trade treaties, "don't-ask," and HillaryCare) are the selfsame concessions that gave the GOP an opening to seize the floor and set the parameters of debate on a host of issues economic and social, paving the way for Bush's monarchial executive reign.

Obama Leads In The Total Popular Vote ��� Even With Florida And Michigan 2009

It is not about waiting until Congress finally passes a hate crimes bill that makes slaughtering a gay kid a real crime, or waiting for Congress to end don't-ask/don't tell -- when even the vast majority of the public is for it -- and then pulling out your special "me, too" pen for the signing ceremony.

Drew Westen: Leadership, Obama Style 2009

From the Associated Press: Taia has defied Moroccan society's don't-ask, don't-tell attitude toward homosexuality — and prison sentences that are still on the books in the North African kingdom — to write five autobiographical novels about growing up poor and gay in the northern coastal city of Sale.

Inspiring Moroccan gay writer Abdellah Taia gay person of color 2009