I read an article today saying that you didn't repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell. While it would be polite for me to refrain from telling you exactly where you can SHOVE IT, I don't particularly want to. Therefore, if you bend over and stick your head between your knees, you should find your considerable ass. Feel free to shove all your homophobia and job concerns right up there, nice and tight. Who knows? Maybe you'll get a diamond.
In short, I'm disgusted. There are brave men and women out there, willing to sacrifice their lives to protect my freedom- YOUR freedom- and instead of honoring them and giving them the respect they deserve, you try and regulate their sex lives. You should be ashamed of yourselves. This country is in the middle of a war and you are turning away able men and women because of their sexuality, something they can't even control.
The American Public now has to sit and wait for "...top military commanders to certify that ending 'don’t ask, don’t tell' would not harm morale or impede battle readiness of the armed forces" (New York Times) because Obama and the Democrats are too scared of losing their jobs to just do the right thing. Fuck being a moderate. This is a radical issue and we need radical people. Not everything can be about getting re-elected. If you're not going to act as a Senator now, why should we re-elect you so you can continue to not act later? Do something good with your power, or leave.
But who am I kidding. You won't do either of those. You'll sit there and wait for that report. You'll continue to underestimate the integrity of our soldiers. You'll continue to assume that they wouldn't be able to defend our country if they knew that their comrade was having sex with someone of the same gender. You'll continue to ignore the huge upsurge of support for repealing this blatant discrimination. You'll continue to waste much-needed resources on finding gay people in the military when you're not supposed "ask" anyways. You'll continue to be bigots. See if that gets you re-elected.
We're supposed to be the "land of the free, home of the brave". I know the second part is true because you're keeping all of the brave people at home. What I'm questioning is the first part, the part I should be the most sure of. I'm only in high school and I already despise this country. Don't make the next generation despise it too.
Please, just do the right thing: repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell.
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