The end of don’t ask don’t tell

On Thursday May 27 the United States congress chose to change history with an amendment that would be one step closer to giving gays and lesbians full civil rights. Ending don’t ask don’t tell is a civil rights issue and must be addressed as such. I understand that civil rights is a emotional issue for many people but not being able to serve for your country just because you are a certain race, creed, or sexual orientation is a civil rights issue.

The president in the state of the union address said he wanted to end don’t ask don’t tell by the end of this year. This seems to be achievable as the senate arms services committee also added an amendment to end don’t ask don’t tell as well. The end of don’t ask don’t tell will tell the world we are not the blind followers of the church of anything. There is hope but there are major challenges ahead.

One road block is that republican senators will filibuster the bill that funds the pentagon if the amendment is in the bill. This means that the republicans would rather have no military than one with homosexuals in it. If the republicans are the ones that will protect the homeland then why would they want to leave this country at risk? John McCain ran for the republicans on country first but what they are doing is ideology first country when popular.

Fortunately they can’t spin this as good for America they are instead a danger to this great nation of ours. Tomorrow is Memorial Day when we remember veterans who have died; why don’t we want people who want to serve for our nation just because of someone’s sexual orientation. If anyone’s civil rights are threatened then all civil rights are threatened. We must remember those who died for our country and we must remember those who need to lie to do what they aspire.

Stand up for everyone’s civil rights call your senators and tell them no more
grandstanding and allow people to serve for our nation.