Republicans block bill to lift military gay ban

[DerbyCat]

Originally Posted by letswastemoney

Ugh I get what happened now.

Democrats tacked on the DREAM Act onto the bill that would let gays in the military.

The two subjects don't even relate to each other....but for some reason it was tacked on....

I support Democrats for the most part, but I must admit I don't agree with tacking on an immigration reform bill to this.

DATD was added to this bill for political purposes as well - it's all about getting your base all worked up before a big election. Politicians use these wedge issues to divide us as a country and it's working! If this comes to a vote in the spring it's a non issue but each party wants one more thing they can use to paint the other side as the devil. It's like a bunch of kids pointing fingers and saying, "he did it, I wanted to do the right thing but he wouldn't let me" when they're just as guilty. Everyone has to learn to nut up, do the right thing, live their life, and let others live theirs.