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Repealing DADT will be complicated.No complications. Congress just needs to pass the repeal, and the President (Obama) signs it. The sticking point is getting the Senate to overcome the filibuster. It definitely doesn't involve sticking pins in a voodoo doll, chanting phrases 3 times while walking backwards, blindfolded, on a sunny Friday in September, in a year that ends in '0', when there's (almost) a full moon.
The integration of women and African-Americans into the military offers useful comparisonsI agree that too is a myth. There was no established law passed by Congress allowing the military to discriminate against women and minorities. It was just traditional policy back in the first half of the 20th Century. Not an actual law. DADT is an actual law. There is no comparison.
The troops oppose repealing DADTI agree that it's a myth. The only military people opposing the repeal of DADT are a few old upper echelon military officers. They represent probably at most 5% of the total military. The troops that actually serve with the vast majority of gay and lesbian soldiers on a daily basis, the privates all the way to Lieutenants, have little to no problems with serving next to gay colleagues. The troops in the field are too busy worrying about IEDs and snipers to care whether that person next to them is winking in a "my cot or yours" manner, if that even actually happens.