Yesterday, history was made.
On the 19th of December, 2010 the American government repealed Clinton's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, which allowed gay people to join the military and fight for their country but ONLY if they did not tell anyone that they were gay.
So, from this day forward, gay men and women will be able to serve in the military openly, telling whoever they want and hopefully, not being judged for that.
As you know by now, I am an advocate for gay rights and human rights so this is a very important day for me.
Harvey Milk died defending the rights of gays, standing up for them, fighting for them and today, he is looking down on this earth, fucking proud of what is happening. CHANGE is coming, like it or not.
This is the start of a huge change in the world, because America has repealed this horrible law, we are one step closer to being able to marry who we want to marry and live our lives like any other person. I dream of a world where if you're anti gay rights you will be judged as scornfully as those who supported segregation are now judged.
America elected a black president in 2008 and former American president Jimmy Carter, recently said he believes America is ready for a a gay president at some time in the near future.
Someone tweeted this today: "John McCain: "Today is a very sad day." Dude, we didn't ask you, so don't fucking tell us. #DADT".
This is the day where the ridiculous policy of don't ask, don't tell, can be used against people like John McCain, who still believes gay's openly serving in the military will "cause more harm than good". But we don't care because we didn't ask for his opinion so we would appreciate it, if he didn't tell us about it.
We are not sick, we are not wrong. We have won the war at last. Sure, it's just the start but now, everyone can see the rain has gone and a rainbow is coming out across the world. We will continue to fight against the prejudices that hold us down until the day we are considered important members of society, as important as any straight member of society.
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Absolutely true. The whole principle behind Don't ask, don't tell is ridiculous, because loving a person has absolutely nothing to do with defending a country. How can it cause harm if a male soldier's love interests are male as well? Doesn't make any difference to a straight woman becoming a soldier, because she'd be into men, too. So where's the problem?
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