DADT Repeal Passes
By a vote of 65-31, the Senate has given final approval to the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Act of 2010, sending it to President Obama to be signed into law. The bill will end the 1993 policy banning non-heterosexual individuals from serving openly in the military, bringing the U.S. into parity with the rest of the NATO, all of the European Union and most of the developed world whose laws already protect the rights of servicemembers regardless of their sexuality.
Under the language of the bill, the President, the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff must certify to Congress that the repeal is “consistent with the standards of military readiness, military effectiveness, unit cohesion, and recruiting and retention of the Armed Forces” and that they have “prepared the necessary policies and regulations.” After the certification is received by Congress, there will be a 60-day waiting period before the repeal will officially take effect.
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