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DADT repeal: overdue

Some Marine says of DADT repeal, "I think if they wanted to change the policy, now was not the right time to do it, if at all."

You're absolutely right, Captain. Now was not the right time, "now" was WAY overdue. It would have been much better to repeal it a long time ago. Heck, it would have been best not to have enacted the policy in the first place.

Unfortunately, your fearless leaders did not do what would be best, or even what would be better. They enacted an unconstitutional policy, and then they dragged their feet on repealing it until almost the absolute last minute, until forced to act by the specter of a federal court ruling that would have set precedents helpful to the gay rights movement.

I will countenance no blame cast on gays and lesbians for any fallout from this situation. If you want someone to blame, you've got politicians from Clinton through today to blame for it. Any trouble the military will have with this transition is the result of not doing things right in the first place, and then being inexcusably slow to correct the situation. As the class of citizens harmed by this policy, it is NOT our fault that those who would harm us have dragged this situation out for so many years.

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