But someone will show up in this thread to argue vehemently that he couldn't POSSIBLY do such a thing.
They'll probably be saying that the swing voters(who no longer support DADT and are rapidly abandoning their opposition to ssm, btw) want to keep gay servicemembers living at the mercy of their straight colleagues for as long as possible.
But since it is a law we don't like, I suppose that is OK.
I agree that DADT is unjust and quite probably unconstitutional, but simply allowing the President the power to just not follow the law isn't the right thing either. Each branch of government is supposed to have limits.
Suspending discharges is nothing more than a temporary band-aid. And just suppose the Republicans manage to successfully block the repeal of DADT to the bitter end? What happens to them if the Republicans takeover the Whitehouse?
DADT needs to be repealed outright, and it's being hindered by the Republican's plan of block everything. It's working brilliantly because the more they block, the more Obama gets heat from his own base. We need to adjust fire and put the heat back on them. Until that happens the Republicans will continue being the puppeteers.
What about the untold thousands of gays who choose to serve even under the discriminatory law? What happens to those who come out due to the band-aid when a Republican becomes President?
the repeal isn't being replaced with a right for gay people to serve, it is being replaced with whatever the military under Obama comes up with, which presumedly could be removed by a GOP President.
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