Jimmy Carter Calls on Congress to Repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by alphabassettgrrl

Jimmy has long been given a bad rap but I think it's entirely undeserved. I liked him as president, I like him as the negotiator and ambassador he is, and this last statement pleases me greatly.

DADT has long been a mistake. The ban on gay servicepeople is and has been a mistake, especially in this time of personnel shortages and the lack of translators.

Repeal it.

Originally Posted by scaeagles

While somewhat off topic, I can only think of disastrous actions and embarrassing policy decisions that damaged this country.

You know this country is seriously f*cked-up when we start waxing nostalgic for the Carter administration…