DADT: Barney Frank Asks Obama To Veto Any Anti-Gay Defense Bill

Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), along with gay and lesbian Reps. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Jared Polis (D-CO), and David Cicilline (D-RI), today sent a letter to President Obama asking him to make it “explicit” that he would veto a bill that would undermine his repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT).

Speaking of the GOP-led House’s anti-gay bills that are now attached to the House version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the letter states, “We do not anticipate that our Senate colleagues will go along with this effort to undermine the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” but, “we think it would be the best course for you to reaffirm your strong support of the end of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” by making it explicit that you would veto a bill in the unlikely event that it came to you, which undermined the decision that you led us to make last year – namely a military that does not discriminate unfairly and does not turn away patriotic, productive Americans seeking to serve their country.”

 

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