President Barack Obama has certified that the U.S. military is prepared to accept openly gay and lesbian service members, and that doing so will not harm military readiness, according to the White House.
It was also certified by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen.
Under a bill passed last year that set up a process for repealing the controversial "don’t ask, don’t tell" policy, all three men needed to sign the certification.
A 60-day waiting period will now begin before the repeal is fully implemented.
Openly gay in the military? No one should be openly gay in the military or openly straight, either, except during those wild shore leaves.
Uh, Doesn’t Barry have more important things to focus on?
As much as I’m on board with this, I’m fairly certain that it will fuck shit up. Every military dude that’s come into the smut shop here has been very adamant about how “now that n*gger wants to put fags in the service. I don’t want to fight alongside some fag, having to watch my ass while I should be watching for enemy fire”. I always wanted to tell them that if I had bullets screaming over my head, that strong-arm assrape would be the least thing on my mind, but these guys are usually like twice my size, plus I get a kick out of the biggotry and overall quality of our military personnel.