Service personnel could care less about DADT policy

A Pentagon research was commissioned months ago to gauge what armed forces employees thought about a possible repeal of the DADT policy. The study indicates most service members Don’t think it will hurt much. Partial findings of the record indicated that a majority of active duty military personnel thought repealing DADT would have no impact. The repeal of the policy does face some opposition. However, the majority of Americans seem to be in favor of doing away with the policy.

Those in the military Don't appear to care

The "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy is one that personal in the military don't even care about. This was shown in a research done by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. Gates was fairly mad that the Washington Post leaked the research outcomes which wasn't too much of a surprise since leaked documents have come from the govt a lot recently. The leaked portion of the study included the finding that 70 percent of respondents didn’t believe that Don’t Ask Don’t Tell repeal would really have any effect on anything within the military. About 400,000 military members got the survey. There were 150,000 spouses of military employees who got it too. Of those, less than 30 percent responded.

The repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell supported by Americans

It seems like within the last few years, polls and surveys have been changing. The repeal of the DADT policy is being supported more and more by Americans. CNN accounts that a Pew Research poll said 58 percent of Americans wanted the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy repealed while a Cable News Network poll showed that 70 percent of Americans wanted Don’t Ask Don’t Tell repealed. Surveys, polls and statistics only ultimately indicate something about the subjects of the surveys and polls that actually respond, and the country’s true opinion may be different. It seems like people don't want the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy anymore. They want it to be appealed.

Shortly there could be an end

The next legislative session will be bringing up this issue probably. Debate raged over “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” and allowing homosexuals to serve for years. For years it was known that one could possibly be discharged for being homosexual. An order came from President Truman when the military was segregated too. Racial discrimination was ended within the military then.

Info from

ABC News

abcnews.go.com/Politics/pentagon-release-review/story?id=12270535&page=1

CNN

cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/11/30/military.gay.policy/index.html?hpt=T1