"gays and lesbians will be able to serve openly FOR THE TIME BEING"

[niyad]

I heard this in a cnn clip from saturday (some idiot brunette speaking, apparently some cnn contributor) just curious what in the hell she meant.

[Drale]

1. The extreme right wingers who are coming into congress next year

will probably try to reinstate DADT but they think they will have more power then they ever will so it wont happen.

[TheWraith]

2. I would say don't read too much into anything said by the CNN newsbimbos. nt

[Tx4obama]

3. That is NOT correct.

Excerpt:

On Monday, Pentagon spokesman Marine Col. Dave Lapan was peppered with questions about the progress of the implementation plan and what it will say. He said he had no answers yet, as Pentagon officials are just beginning to pull the plan together.

But he also stressed that the ban on open service is still in effect, and any service member who decided to declare he or she was gay would risk enforcement of the current law — which calls for removal from service. Under a new process put in place by Defense Secretary Robert Gates, any discharges under the so-called don't ask, don't tell law now have to be approved by the service secretaries.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/12/20/gays.in.military/

[Tx4obama]

4. Perhaps an edit of the OP title is in order, before people are misinformed. n/t