According to the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, a measure to lift the 17-year-old ban on gays in the military just cleared the Senate Armed Forces Committee with a 16 - 12 vote.
Bill Nelson voted to repeal the law that bars openly gay people from serving in the military. George LeMieux voted against lifting the ban. That votes puts him at odds with his former boss, Gov. Charlie Crist, who today said he'd now back the measure.
"The vote today railroads this policy change through without giving the men and women of our military the respect of being heard," LeMieux said. "To preempt the military’s review and cut off the opportunity for service men and women to voice their opinion is an insult. This change is political, it is based on election year politics, and there is no reason why Congress couldn’t wait until the military completed their review."
LeMieux doesn't know what he's talking about. The repeal will not take effect until the military completes its review. But maybe that's just too complicated for George. Sorry your nap was interrupted, George.
Posted by: larry | May 27, 2010 at 08:17 PM
Sen. LeMieux has NO integrity, He is so intellectually and personally dishonest. Can't wait til he goes back to Ft. Lauderdale as a former Senator.
Posted by: David Young | May 27, 2010 at 10:56 PM
When I was in the military, no one asked or cared what I thought. I was just given orders and was expected to follow them. Whether I liked them or not was not relevant. It's a different world in there Georgie, but I guess you wouldn't know about that.
Posted by: amigay | May 28, 2010 at 07:12 AM
Our nation has sunk to yet another new low in morals.
Posted by: Ray | May 28, 2010 at 09:14 AM