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BrentWil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 03:05 PM Original message |
Why is Don't Ask Don't Tell (DADT) a bigger issue then the Employment Non-Discrimination Act? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 03:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. As a gay man and a union brother, I can assure you... |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
2. Because that's "real" |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 04:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. ding ding ding |
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The Philosopher (621 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
3. Well |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
4. Why aren't gay homeless youth a priority? |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
5. DADT impacts more folks |
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BrentWil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 04:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. No it wouldn't |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 04:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Not even close. |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 06:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. I'm just not aware that is all that much going on |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 11:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. I hate to be "that guy," but... |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 07:03 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Not so sure the numbers will back that up |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 07:10 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I'm not saying ending DOMA isn't important |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 07:30 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. I understand your point |
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BrentWil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 09:18 AM Response to Reply #29 |
35. Well, it is a timeline thing... |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
6. Because that would be a positive step |
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Sweet Charming Dem (207 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 04:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Hyperbole, thy name is treestar. |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 07:27 AM Response to Reply #6 |
28. So you're saying working to get rid of DADT is a negative thing for you |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 12:26 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Of course I did not say that |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
10. I have the same question about the ERA. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
11. Frankly, because it is a relatively easy sell. |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
14. I think the theory is that it will be easier to pass ENDA if the government itself |
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BrentWil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 05:36 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Yeah, but that bill seems to have less resistance.. |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 05:45 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I tend to agree with you |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
18. It isn't. |
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BrentWil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 07:54 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Could you expand on the opposition to it? Is it more then DADT? NT |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 09:44 AM Response to Reply #19 |
37. Probably. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
20. Strange way in which to pose a question. |
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BrentWil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 09:19 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I support both.. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
21. Who is we? |
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BrentWil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 10:17 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Just wrote my congressmen |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
27. President Obama, more or less. |
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frustrated_lefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
30. It's war-time. |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
31. DADT is a discriminatory law. |
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BrentWil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 03:41 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. I agree |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
34. Is something happening with it that I don't know about? |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
36. The ordering is a matter of what is politically achievable. |
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