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Obama can’t shake gay-rights fights
Loading ...When President Barack Obama agreed to back legislation in May that could eventually repeal the military’s Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy, the resolution seemed to offer twin benefits for the White House:
Quell the anger of gay activists who accused Obama of foot-dragging on the issue, and allow the question of gays in the military to cool down for a while, perhaps until after the November election.
That didn’t last long.
The issue leapt back into the news this week after the Pentagon sent a survey to 400,000 troops to assess their attitudes on whether openly gay soldiers should be allowed to serve – with questions being criticized by gay rights advocates as inaccurate, inflammatory and biased.
Next week, a lawsuit brought by the Log Cabin Republicans is going to trial in California – and Obama’s Justice Department is in the uncomfortable position of trying to prevent the Don’t Ask policy from being overturned, as discharged veterans testify about its dramatic impact on their careers.
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