Crist, Rubio oppose changing 'don't ask, don't tell' policy affecting gays in military

[ccharles000]

U.S. Senate rivals Charlie Crist and Marco Rubio both said today they oppose abolishing the "don't ask, don't tell" policy affecting gays and lesbians in the military.
The 1993 policy was intended to be a political compromise that let gay men and women serve so long as they stayed silent about their sexuality. But President Barack Obama and top military leaders say it is time to end the discrimination all together.

"We are a nation at war. The governor believes the current policy has worked, and there is no need to make changes," Crist campaign spokeswoman Amanda Henneberg said.

"Marco Rubio supports the current policy and doesn't see any evidence it needs to be changed," spokesman Alex Burgos said.

http://blogs.tampabay.com/buzz/2010/02/crist-opposes-changing-dont-ask-dont-tell.html

[yurbud]

1. Is Christ afraid he'll get drafted if they do away with it? He's too old.

[joeybee12]

2. He's afraid someone's gonna tell on him, the old queen...now it's

time to out the mofo!

[yurbud]

4. If the stigma of being gay was gone, it would be harder for the rich to have absolute control over

GOP pols like Christ.

[joeybee12]

5. He's going down...not just at his fundraisers with gay groups,

but also in the polls...desperation time to shore up his standing with the criminally insane, i.e., the GOP base.

[SpiralHawk]

3. Are these two more republicon chickenhawks chiming in on something

they know nothing about? That is sooooo republicon...

[Dappleganger]

6. People who want Crist to change parties, remember this is what you get.

Don't say I didn't warn you.