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Two disturbing pieces of information emerged recently which, when considered together, suggest that Governor Mitt Romney may have plans to try to undo the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) if elected President, but that he doesn't want to say so during the campaign.

First, Lila Shapiro, a reporter at Huffington Post, told me this week that she has approached the Romney campaign "on multiple occasions" to ask questions about gay rights issues, and that the campaign has not answered a single question. Once, the campaign said in response to her query that it would get back to her, but it did not do so. It seems pretty clear that the campaign doesn't want to talk about gay rights issues, and hopes that reporters won't press too hard.

Second, the GOP recently changed its platform in a way that seems benign, but which may be far from innocuous. In the previous version of its platform, the GOP said that homosexuality was incompatible with military service. In the new version, the GOP "reject[s] the use of the military as a platform for social experimentation" and says that the Republicans "will conduct an objective review of the current administration's management of military personnel and will correct any problems with appropriate administrative or legal action." At first glance, that seems like a change for the better, and some gay rights groups are hailing the shift as a sign of moderation .

But I'm not so sure.

When Congress authorized DADT repeal in 2010, there were not enough votes to pass a bill that would force the Pentagon to treat gay and lesbian troops equally. As a result, Congress passed compromise legislation that repealed DADT but which, rather than requiring the military to adopt a nondiscrimination policy, told the Pentagon to write its own rules. As a result, policy regarding gay and lesbian troops is now spelled out in Defense Department regulations, not Congressional statute. And this means that a future administration could reinstate discrimination by re-writing the rules.

I supported the compromise because there were not enough votes in Congress to pass a stronger version of the repeal bill, and I believed that if Congress didn't do something while Democrats still controlled both houses, DADT could remain law for a long time. In addition, I believed that even if a future President had legal authority to undo repeal, it would be politically difficult to do so because roughly 70 percent of the public, including a majority of Republicans, believed that gay and lesbian troops should be allowed to serve openly. Finally, I believed that once DADT was repealed, the military itself would resist revisiting the policy.

All that said, it is disheartening to learn that the GOP now says that the military should not be used for social experimentation, because that has always been code for an endorsement of discrimination. And it is equally troubling that the GOP intends to look at military personnel policy and use administrative means to address "problems," because that could very well be code for a plan to bring back discrimination.

It may also be instructive to remember that during the presidential primaries, Governor Romney indicated that he supported DADT, and that after former Defense Secretary Robert Gates said that the ban should be lifted, Romney countered that, "it should have been kept in place."

If it is not true that the GOP plans to repeal the repeal, and given that Governor Romney is trying to appeal to moderate swing voters at this point in the campaign, there should be no reason for him to duck questions about DADT. In light of all this, I have three questions for him: (1) Do you believe the Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff when he says that DADT repeal is proceeding smoothly? (2) Do you plan to consider repealing or modifying DADT repeal? (3) If objective research confirms that repeal has not harmed the armed forces, would you accept the results of that research?

I hope reporters are not lulled into complacency on this issue.

 

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of our newest badge: Community Curator. View AllFavorites Recency |  Popularity Page: 1 2 3 4 Next › Last » (4 total) HUFFPOST SUPER USERkaine23293 Fans   11 minutes ago ( 7:33 AM)Reinstating DADT would cause countries to laugh at us again. :(kaine23: Reinstating DADT would cause countries to laugh at us again.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/kaine23/would-romney-reinstate-da_b_1862007_184742405.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… HUFFPOST SUPER USERIoan LightollerProud Married Gay Pagan Man4499 Fans 32 minutes ago ( 7:12 AM)I believe that he would. If he would work for Constitutional amendment banning marriage equality then I don't think he would have any trouble working to get DADT reinstated.Ioan_Lightoller: I believe that he would. If he would work forhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Ioan_Lightoller/would-romney-reinstate-da_b_1862007_184739546.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… HUFFPOST SUPER USEREdReaObama vs. Ayn Ryan/Bain Akin - 20121554 Fans 1 hour ago ( 6:28 AM)The HP reporter asks but Romney doesn't tell.

He's keeping to the Republican approach.

Which means -- he'll stay with the Republican approach.EdRea: The HP reporter asks but Romney doesn't tell. He's keepinghttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/EdRea/would-romney-reinstate-da_b_1862007_184734888.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… HUFFPOST SUPER USERlneiss60 Fans 3 hours ago ( 5:07 AM)Of course Romney would. He would repeal anything that doesn't fit into his narrow view of how the world should function in Romneyland.lneiss: Of course Romney would. He would repeal anything that doesn'thttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/lneiss/would-romney-reinstate-da_b_1862007_184728767.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… HUFFPOST SUPER USERHazumuMy micro-bio is no longer empty.92 Fans 3 hours ago ( 4:24 AM)DADT IS social experimentation.

When you take a diverse, relatively homogenous population and create a subgroup that self-selects against the portion of the larger population that possesses an uncommon trait (same-sex attraction), that act IS the social experimentation.

Saying you're going to 'undo social experimentation' of repealing DADT is like the Serbs saying their 'ethnic cleansing' during the Bosnian War was merely 'undoing the social experimentation of President Josep Tito.'Hazumu: DADT IS social experimentation. When you take a diverse, relativelyhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Hazumu/would-romney-reinstate-da_b_1862007_184725674.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share it DTOM1776Veritas Liberabit Vos111 Fans 49 minutes ago ( 6:55 AM)Greetings Hazumu

It's pretty apparent you got into the good ole thesaurus again. Big words, thrown around carelessly, don't make a point. Here is the actual truth. The United States military exists for one purpose only....to defend this country through violent means. In other words...kill people and break things. THAT is why we live in the liberty and freedom we have today. Anything that contributes to the increased likelihood, or actual performance, of killing people and breaking things should be encouraged, and included in the military. Anything that minimizes, or DOESN'T contribute to lethality, mobility, and readiness should be removed from the military. Allowing openly homosexual conduct in our military has done absolutely NOTHING to improve our combat capability or readiness.

Additionally, I submit you know next to nothing about rational discussion (comparison and analogy) or military matters such as the Bosnian War. Cheers:)DTOM1776: Greetings Hazumu It's pretty apparent you got into the goodhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/DTOM1776/would-romney-reinstate-da_b_1862007_184737656.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share it cds1276552 Fans 8 minutes ago ( 7:36 AM)There is no reason why gays cannot serve openly in the armed forces.cds12765: There is no reason why gays cannot serve openly inhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/cds12765/would-romney-reinstate-da_b_1862007_184742839.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments…This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments…This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… ColbyS112 Fans 3 hours ago ( 4:24 AM)Oh he would. You can just see it in his eyes. He can't wait to cement his position with GOP insiders by reinstating DADT. And the excuse he would use would be that it was the Democrats who put it there in the first place.ColbyS: Oh he would. You can just see it in hishttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/ColbyS/would-romney-reinstate-da_b_1862007_184725670.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… Triple M67 Fans 3 hours ago ( 4:20 AM)Anyone voting for Romney ? DADT ! Keep it to yourself.Triple_M: Anyone voting for Romney ? DADT ! Keep it tohttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Triple_M/would-romney-reinstate-da_b_1862007_184725418.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… This user has chosen to opt out of the Badges program passingthru26 Fans   4 hours ago ( 3:41 AM)the american legion, THE only congressional chartered sanctioned non profit is in support of DADT.
without question a fundamentally conservative organization.

your article is worried about the hand and not the sleeve.passingthru: the american legion, THE only congressional chartered sanctioned non profithttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/passingthru/would-romney-reinstate-da_b_1862007_184722377.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… This user has chosen to opt out of the Badges program passingthru26 Fans   4 hours ago ( 3:32 AM)makes no sense .........if 70 % agrees where is the difficulty?

In addition, I believed that even if a future President had legal authority to undo repeal, it would be politically difficult to do so because roughly 70 percent of the public, including a majority of Republicans, believed that gay and lesbian troops should be allowed to serve openly. Finally, I believed that once DADT was repealed, the military itself would resist revisiting the policy.passingthru: makes no sense .........if 70 % agrees where is thehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/passingthru/would-romney-reinstate-da_b_1862007_184721667.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… HUFFPOST SUPER USERDave BokmanUSMC/OIF/OEF Veteran. Proud Atheist in a FoxHole.232 Fans 4 hours ago ( 3:17 AM)yes...lets reinstate DADT because it was such a great success and since its repeal the sky fell, bin laden came back from the dead and lead the zombie apocalypse...wait! whats that? none of that happened? in fact, nothing bad has happened? THEN WHY PUT IN A HORRIBLE AND UNNECESSARY POINTLESS LAW???!!!
i actually want it to go even further in the opposite direction. i would like to see transgender people in the military serving openly.Dave_Bokman: yes...lets reinstate DADT because it was such a great successhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Dave_Bokman/would-romney-reinstate-da_b_1862007_184720320.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… HUFFPOST SUPER USERcritterzdad2Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.262 Fans 5 hours ago ( 2:33 AM)I'd say that based on his Republican affiliation and his elevated role in a church that excommunicates "homo's that Romney would be happy to make homosexuality illegal in any way he can and more than happy to deport anyone based on this if they aren't citizens.critterzdad2: I'd say that based on his Republican affiliation and hishttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/critterzdad2/would-romney-reinstate-da_b_1862007_184715538.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… StealthboxerCleaning up 8 years of Bush one day at a time308 Fans   5 hours ago ( 2:33 AM)Reporters will keep pounding Romney on this and he will have to make a statement. It will be anti gay and anything that rolls this country backwards is right up the GOP alley. Of course he will have to consult with Karl Rove and the Koch brothers first-he certainly can't afford to lose that campaign money. There's a reason it's called the "Grand OLD Party"Stealthboxer: Reporters will keep pounding Romney on this and he willhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Stealthboxer/would-romney-reinstate-da_b_1862007_184715512.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… HUFFPOST SUPER USERTimothy UnrineCommit to the Lord whatever you do - Prov 16:387 Fans 6 hours ago ( 1:25 AM)The coward who supported the war in Vietnam, as long as HE didn't have to serve - wants to move us backwards in gay rights.

Obama brought us forward - eliminated DADT, and guess what, there weren't riots on active duty. BUT four homophobe Marines this week beat up a member of the gay community.

Romney wants to move us back - back in the days of yesteryear when Mormons fired on unarmed civilians killing men, women and children at Mountain Meadows, back to the days of Polygamy, back to Mormonism.

Sorry - I'll stay with reality and let the rich, white Mormon run for Apostle and wait for the day when Romney is crowned GOD - sorry Jesus, Romney thinks he is better than you or your Father.Timothy_Unrine: The coward who supported the war in Vietnam, as longhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Timothy_Unrine/would-romney-reinstate-da_b_1862007_184705029.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… HUFFPOST SUPER USERBacSiCeler, Silens, Mortalis235 Fans 8 hours ago (12:08 AM)"objective review of the current....."

This is exactly how a real pro would phrase it. You have got to give whoever came up with this language a tip of the hat.

And well played for picking this up.

It sounds so vague. So innocent. It sounds like it says almost nothing.

But it is an open hunting license.

Now that does not mean they will change anything. It being so vague they never claim they will.

But it gives them the opening to look at and react to whatever they think needs changing.

Sure Mitt is the kind of stand up guy that will do the correct thing and stand up to the fringe haters in his own party.

The ones who have raised millions for him. The ones who would have put him in power.

This is about as clear as can be that they are at least going to look at DADT.

And some here think there is no difference in the parties? Some think Obama does not deserve more support?BacSi: "objective review of the current....." This is exactly how ahttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/BacSi/would-romney-reinstate-da_b_1862007_184684705.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… HUFFPOST SUPER USERGaryNOVAFear My Micro-bio!!!!!!!!554 Fans   8 hours ago (12:06 AM)He's clearly going to be asked these questions during the debates. Perhaps it's time he developed some answers.GaryNOVA: He's clearly going to be asked these questions during thehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/GaryNOVA/would-romney-reinstate-da_b_1862007_184684249.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments…    Page: 1 2 3 4 Next › Last » (4 total) new comment(s) on this entry — Click to refreshLoading comments… 1 2 3 4 5 See All Highlights in × people have highlighted this! Huzzah! This text has been highlighted.

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