Republicans block bill to lift military gay ban

[Riot]

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 DADT repeal and the DREAM act were both tacked on to a standard military funding bill that gave our troops raises.

So that - the raises - didn't happen.

"Thanks troops, for your and your families sacrifices, but we hate gays and immigrants more than we want to give you raises - The GOP"

[letswastemoney]

Originally Posted by Riot

The DADT repeal and the DREAM act were both tacked on to a standard military funding bill that gave our troops raises.

So that - the raises - didn't happen.

"Thanks troops, for your and your families sacrifices, but we hate gays and immigrants more than we want to give you raises - The GOP"

There's no reason for that immigration bill to be on there!!!

I am for gays in the military. I think that's fine.

However, I don't see why that means I have to support illegal immigration!!! They are two COMPLETELY DIFFERENT topics! This whole "well you support this...so that means you MUST support this" logic doesn't make sense to me.

Heck, maybe I even change my mind about thinking there should be separate sleeping quarters. I just want gays to be able to openly admit their sexuality in the military already.

I bet there are plenty of Republicans that would have voted to repeal DADT and to give troops a raise if the non-related DREAM ACT was left off.