No President Has Ever Been Better To Gay People. Thank You President Obama.

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123. What you said was complete and utter historically inaccurate bullshit.

He campaigned on repeal in 2008. That's not "doing nothing".

Shortly after he was elected, he ordered his Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Pentagon to reach a consensus on carrying out the repeal and present legislation for repeal to Congress. The Obama team said at that time, it would be repealed by 2010. That's not "doing nothing".

He then advocated for the repeal publically several times over the next year. That's not "doing nothing".

He announced the continuation of efforts for repeal the next year during his SOTU address. That's not "doing nothing".

Within a month or so after that address, a bill for repeal was finally introduced in Congress. The bill didn't pass at first. But the President had the DOD performing a comprehensive review during that time which would produce the evidence needed to backup the notion that the repeal would not have negative effects among units. That's not "doing nothing".

After that, he had Gates and Mullen going to Congress and urging them to repeal it. That's not "doing nothing".

Finally, by the end of 2010 (as predicted by the President's team), on December 18th, the ban was finally repealed, the President signed it on the 22nd. He put the signature on it that made it LAW. That's not "doing nothing".

He spent 2 years working with the Pentagon, his staff and Congress to get DADT repealed, very much involved in the public politics side of it and the inner policy side of it. You are wrong.