Obama: What the young man was talking about was we need to – we need to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” which I agree with and which we have begun to do. But let me say this: When you’ve got an ally like Barbara Boxer and you’ve got an ally like me who are standing for the same thing, then you don’t know exactly why you’ve got to holler, because we already hear you, all right? I mean, it would have made more sense to holler that at the people who oppose it.
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Loretta: “Repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Now.”
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“I wish we could just get this done and move on as many other militaries have,†Sanchez, D-Santa Ana, said at an Armed Services subcommittee meeting Wednesday afternoon. Sanchez said the U.S. should follow the lead of at least 20 countries in reworking its policy on allowing gays and Lesbians to serve openly. Canada, Great Britain, Australia and Israel are among those 20 nations.
Colbert Gives The Word – Don’t Ask Don’t Tell
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Last night Stephen Colbert gave the Colbert Nation “The Word” on Gay Marriage. The petition signers who want to overturn the “everything but marriage” bill should be able to stay in the closet that the gay people have abandoned. (05:48)…
What Obama Actually Said Saturday Night
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The short version: Nothing new. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy See the speech here at C-Span The speech was a real Obama barn burner. It hit all the right notes. It was a…
Colbert vs. Womb Raiders
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Stephen Colbert takes on those crazy birthers who choose to believe that a certified Birth Certificate from the state of Hawaii is a forgery. They refuse to accept the repeated assertions by the State of Hawaii that President Barack Obama…
We hold these truths to be self-evident…
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Today we celebrate our national independence 233 years after the Second Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain…
AP source: Same-sex partners to get fed benefits
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Found this story streaming across the headlines on the OC Register website. By PHILIP ELLIOTT Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama, under growing criticism for not seeking to end the ban on openly gay men and women…
