Alabama Paper Supports Repeal
Wednesday’s editorial in the Opelika-Auburn News in Alabama is the latest in a string of recent opinion pieces from some of the most conservative corners of the country urging DADT repeal. The paper is clear in its call for open service, noting that sexual orientation has nothing to do with completing the mission:
“We never knew sexuality had anything to do with pulling a trigger or piloting an F-16. It’s time for Don’t Ask Don’t Tell to crawl beneath the rock it came from. …Sexual preference will not run the Taliban out of Kabul, nor would it save a lieutenant’s life during a firefight on the streets of Baghdad.”
The Opelika-Auburn News joins editorial boards in places well beyond the traditional blue state bastions where you would expect support for repeal: The Denver Post, Buffalo News, DesMoines Register, Dallas Morning News, Las Vegas Review-Journal, Virginia Pilot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Houston Chronicle and others.
As Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Admiral Michael Mullen said earlier this month, lifting the ban is about doing what’s right:
“I cannot escape being troubled by the fact that we have in place a policy which forces young men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens. For me, personally, it comes down to integrity – theirs as individuals and ours as an institution.”
02-25-10 By Paul DeMiglio, Senior Communications Manager |
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