General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: If it's not racism, then what is it? [View all]dsc
(52,162 posts)First, DADT was indeed repealed by law, but the replacement regulation letting LGBT serve openly is not a law and could have been repealed by the next administration had it chosen to do so, and in point of fact, could be repealed by the 2017 administration if it so chooses. Second, no one said he could undo DADT by an executive order, what was said, often, was that he could use stop loss to do so. No one argued it would be permanent, nor did anyone argue it would replace a law that would repeal. In point of fact once the wars ended so would stop loss which we acknowledged. Third, many did credit Obama, but since we also credited others were were taken to task and called racists. Fourth, DADT would not have been repealed but for the pressure gays put on Obama to speed up the time table. His time table was to wait until 2011, which would never have worked. The only thing that changed that time table was the pressure of gay backers of Obama who turned off the financial spigot.