"Don't ask, don't tell"

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has announced that the Pentagon will ease the enforcement of it's "don't ask, don't tell" policy of allowing gays to serve openly in the military, effective in 30 days. The "don't ask, don't tell" policy was first enacted in 1993. Among others, President Obama and Adm. Mike Mullen are supporting the change in policy, which will apply to all current cases. 69% of Americans feel that openly gay people should be allowed to serve in the military, whereas 27% were opposed to it, according to a Feb. 12-15 CNN poll.
The gay movement has been such a hot topic lately, and I feel that this is an important step in forwarding the movement as well. There is no reason that openly gay people should be prevented from serving in the military any more than from preventing minorities from serving, especially because they signed up for it and it's what they want to do.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/03/25/military.gays/index.html