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	<title>Comments on: Levin uncertain about &#8216;Don&#8217;t Ask&#8217; vote count</title>
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		<title>By: chris whited</title>
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		<dc:creator>chris whited</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 19:21:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here let me sum this up for my fellow gay suckers that keep bowing to democrats that keep stringing them along.    SUPER MAJORITY...... what happened to that?

IT really is that simple people..... the dems need this to go for all it&#039;s worth..........why on earth do people think they didn&#039;t do anything about immigration reform when they had a SUPER MAJORITY?  It really is that simple and it&#039;s always been that simple .....

John Edwards vs Dick Cheney VP debate.   I believe a marriage is between a man and a woman.    It really is that simple people.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here let me sum this up for my fellow gay suckers that keep bowing to democrats that keep stringing them along.    SUPER MAJORITY&#8230;&#8230; what happened to that?</p>
<p>IT really is that simple people&#8230;.. the dems need this to go for all it&#8217;s worth&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.why on earth do people think they didn&#8217;t do anything about immigration reform when they had a SUPER MAJORITY?  It really is that simple and it&#8217;s always been that simple &#8230;..</p>
<p>John Edwards vs Dick Cheney VP debate.   I believe a marriage is between a man and a woman.    It really is that simple people.</p>
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		<title>By: AndrewW</title>
		<link>http://www.washingtonblade.com/2010/09/20/levin-uncertain-about-dont-ask-vote-count/#comment-4301</link>
		<dc:creator>AndrewW</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We DON’T have 60 votes in the US Senate and we never have.

National polls don’t do anything for Senators in States with high religious-intensity, in fact polling there has majorities against repeal.

Calls, emails and faxes to politicians are useless. Anyone who thinks a US Senator tallies up calls and emails – instead of legitimate polling data – is just childish.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We DON’T have 60 votes in the US Senate and we never have.</p>
<p>National polls don’t do anything for Senators in States with high religious-intensity, in fact polling there has majorities against repeal.</p>
<p>Calls, emails and faxes to politicians are useless. Anyone who thinks a US Senator tallies up calls and emails – instead of legitimate polling data – is just childish.</p>
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		<title>By: Tim</title>
		<link>http://www.washingtonblade.com/2010/09/20/levin-uncertain-about-dont-ask-vote-count/#comment-4284</link>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 04:32:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Dems had better not screw this vote up, and despite what they say, it isn&#039;t the Republicans they are worried about, its their fellow Democrats, some of whom don&#039;t support the Repeal of Don&#039;t Ask Don&#039;t Tell. At least after the vote we will know which Dems voted with the GOP to betray us so we can leave them hanging the next time they are up for election. God knows Pelosi and Reid should have had enough sense to move ENDA forward before DADT, and what about the Domestic Partnership Benefits * Obligations Act, which passed out of committees in the House &amp; Senate none months ago? DPBO is just waiting for Pelosi and Reid to schedule floor votes, so I want to know why they are stalling us. As for the House, they should already be working on a vote on DBPO &amp; ENDA instead of doing nothing and watching the Senate&#039;s action on DADT.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Dems had better not screw this vote up, and despite what they say, it isn&#8217;t the Republicans they are worried about, its their fellow Democrats, some of whom don&#8217;t support the Repeal of Don&#8217;t Ask Don&#8217;t Tell. At least after the vote we will know which Dems voted with the GOP to betray us so we can leave them hanging the next time they are up for election. God knows Pelosi and Reid should have had enough sense to move ENDA forward before DADT, and what about the Domestic Partnership Benefits * Obligations Act, which passed out of committees in the House &amp; Senate none months ago? DPBO is just waiting for Pelosi and Reid to schedule floor votes, so I want to know why they are stalling us. As for the House, they should already be working on a vote on DBPO &amp; ENDA instead of doing nothing and watching the Senate&#8217;s action on DADT.</p>
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		<title>By: Jim Billingsley</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jim Billingsley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 02:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama &amp; Congress:

You garnered our support (votes) during the election then immediately threw us under the bus on gay marriage right after the election. I voted for you on what you promised and now I regret it. If you don&#039;t back the repeal of &quot;don&#039;t ask don&#039;t tell, regardless of the form it is represented in a bill I will never vote for another democrat in my life. Nothing is more important to me in my lifetime than this issue and I am tired of democrats talking the talk and then not walking the walk. I voted for you under this campaign issue and marriage and you threw us under the bus on the marriage issue. Do the same here and I will never vote for a democrat ever again. I don&#039;t care who is running against you, I&#039;ll vote against you because you lied.

My views on the subject:
Ok, it really kills me to read all of this garbage and that it&#039;s still an issue in this country. I served in the Navy, had consistent 3.8 evals and was outed by an ex-friend. Next thing I know I am am getting hit on by complete strangers in nice clothes on the base??? I knew it was NIS personnel. What a joke, the fact that I did my job well didn&#039;t matter and ofcourse I told the guy several times I didn&#039;t know what he was talking about and he eventually stopped. The mere fact that they would waste taxpayer&#039;s money on this when I was doing a great job astounds me. The next issue is the separate housing, what better way is there to label an anonymous person publicly within a society by seperating them and putting them in seperate housing? This action would expose all most every gay service member and is reminiscent of the Japanese internment camps of World War 2. It saddens me as an American that as a society we are still struggling with this issue. In most European Navies it&#039;s no longer an issue. I&#039;ve dealt with this for a long time and the problem isn&#039;t about performance, it&#039;s about ego and insecurity. What a waste.

Michelle FYI, I spent a lot of time having to shower, berth with straight men.  but as a gay man I wouldn&#039;t have a problem sharing a bathroom, berthing or showering seperately in individual showers while you were present because on the Eisenhower we had individual showers.  It&#039;s about boundaries and civil rights, women are finally allowed to serve on ships and I was enlisted long before that was allowed. So you are ok with the change that US Navy Ships now allow women to serve aboard but are opposed to gay enlistment and service?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>President Obama &amp; Congress:</p>
<p>You garnered our support (votes) during the election then immediately threw us under the bus on gay marriage right after the election. I voted for you on what you promised and now I regret it. If you don&#8217;t back the repeal of &#8220;don&#8217;t ask don&#8217;t tell, regardless of the form it is represented in a bill I will never vote for another democrat in my life. Nothing is more important to me in my lifetime than this issue and I am tired of democrats talking the talk and then not walking the walk. I voted for you under this campaign issue and marriage and you threw us under the bus on the marriage issue. Do the same here and I will never vote for a democrat ever again. I don&#8217;t care who is running against you, I&#8217;ll vote against you because you lied.</p>
<p>My views on the subject:<br />
Ok, it really kills me to read all of this garbage and that it&#8217;s still an issue in this country. I served in the Navy, had consistent 3.8 evals and was outed by an ex-friend. Next thing I know I am am getting hit on by complete strangers in nice clothes on the base??? I knew it was NIS personnel. What a joke, the fact that I did my job well didn&#8217;t matter and ofcourse I told the guy several times I didn&#8217;t know what he was talking about and he eventually stopped. The mere fact that they would waste taxpayer&#8217;s money on this when I was doing a great job astounds me. The next issue is the separate housing, what better way is there to label an anonymous person publicly within a society by seperating them and putting them in seperate housing? This action would expose all most every gay service member and is reminiscent of the Japanese internment camps of World War 2. It saddens me as an American that as a society we are still struggling with this issue. In most European Navies it&#8217;s no longer an issue. I&#8217;ve dealt with this for a long time and the problem isn&#8217;t about performance, it&#8217;s about ego and insecurity. What a waste.</p>
<p>Michelle FYI, I spent a lot of time having to shower, berth with straight men.  but as a gay man I wouldn&#8217;t have a problem sharing a bathroom, berthing or showering seperately in individual showers while you were present because on the Eisenhower we had individual showers.  It&#8217;s about boundaries and civil rights, women are finally allowed to serve on ships and I was enlisted long before that was allowed. So you are ok with the change that US Navy Ships now allow women to serve aboard but are opposed to gay enlistment and service?</p>
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		<title>By: craig</title>
		<link>http://www.washingtonblade.com/2010/09/20/levin-uncertain-about-dont-ask-vote-count/#comment-4265</link>
		<dc:creator>craig</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 23:17:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If the Democrats can&#039;t make this happen, then we need to replace EVERY single one of them and start over.  HOW F&#039;in PATHETIC that they do not have the ability to make this happen..or make ANYTHING happen.  Do nothing Democrats + our &quot;fierce&quot; worthless advocate.  Yawn.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If the Democrats can&#8217;t make this happen, then we need to replace EVERY single one of them and start over.  HOW F&#8217;in PATHETIC that they do not have the ability to make this happen..or make ANYTHING happen.  Do nothing Democrats + our &#8220;fierce&#8221; worthless advocate.  Yawn.</p>
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