Comments on: Pentagon to extend partner benefits to gay troops

By: Robben Wainer

Robben Wainer — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:47:19 +0000

It is a long time coming that our Civil Rights extend to all service men and women, and that the Lgbt community in service be protected by the letter of the law. We can not discriminate against sexual orientation and still claim that our law and policies represent the whole country. We may be on the edge of offering the LGBT community as much support as they ever dreamed of. Lets encourage the self-respecting gay men and women to partake in equal rights with as much dignity as our patriotism may extend to.

By: Flint Gay Pride Society

Flint Gay Pride Society — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:30:12 +0000

Now this is great!

By: Dan Be

Dan Be — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 09:07:57 +0000

over fed and under read….. our fed workforce, (i'm in the DoD so that includes me) just doesn't get it. they have alredy written the ID card policy. they uploaded it and then took it down when we questioned if it was indeed accurate and they responded with a jackass comment about needing time to "codify" it all. bullshit. you've held it as long as you can…..i enjoy the opportunity to care for families but I loathe the ingnorant asses that constantly want to wage a war of size when it comes to progress in these areas. I simply have endured this enough. my time has come.

By: Michael Bedwell

Michael Bedwell — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 03:47:23 +0000

THANK YOU Army Wife Ashley Broadway, American Military Partner Association, Rep. Adam B. Schiff, the 25 of his colleagues who signed his letter to Panetta, and similar pressure by Senators Gillibrand, Shaheen, and Boxer. NO THANKS to HRC or SLDN except for the latter’s sending a list of allowable benefits to Panetta in August 2011, but, then, obviously DROPPING THE BALL when he ignored them. They COULD have made this happen THEN if they weren’t so afraid of getting taken off the White House Xmas card list. Anyone who’s donated money to them in the last two years SHOULD DEMAND A REFUND. As for the Pentagon shills claiming they’ve needed the last two years to “study” what could be extended, pardon my French but they’re LIARS. As the Pentagon itself admitted in their November 2010 pre-repeal “study,” they’d already identified them AND even spelled out ways it could be done. They’ve just refused because there were still too many influential homophones in the DoD. If ANY continue to be denied, the gay community will only have ITSELF to blame for failing to DEMAND full equality under the law. NOW, what about the Pentagon’s REFUSAL to give individual gay service members the protections against harassment and discrimination others get such as nongay blacks and women? REMEMBER, Mr. President, these things are “NOT self-executing.”

By: Michael Bedwell

Michael Bedwell — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 03:47:07 +0000

THANK YOU Army Wife Ashley Broadway, American Military Partner Association, Rep. Adam B. Schiff, the 25 of his colleagues who signed his letter to Panetta, and similar pressure by Senators Gillibrand, Shaheen, and Boxer. NO THANKS to HRC or SLDN except for the latter's sending a list of allowable benefits to Panetta in August 2011, but, then, obviously DROPPING THE BALL when he ignored them. They COULD have made this happen THEN if they weren't so afraid of getting taken off the White House Xmas card list. Anyone who's donated money to them in the last two years SHOULD DEMAND A REFUND. As for the Pentagon shills claiming they've needed the last two years to "study" what could be extended, pardon my French but they're LIARS. As the Pentagon itself admitted in their November 2010 pre-repeal "study," they'd already identified them AND even spelled out ways it could be done. They've just refused because there were still too many influential homophones in the DoD. If ANY continue to be denied, the gay community will only have ITSELF to blame for failing to DEMAND full equality under the law. NOW, what about the Pentagon's REFUSAL to give individual gay service members the protections against harassment and discrimination others get such as nongay blacks and women? REMEMBER, Mr. President, these things are "NOT self-executing."

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Tue, 05 Feb 2013 22:16:30 +0000

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