Study suggests Don't Ask Don't Tell policy repeal matters little to service personnel

A Pentagon study revealed that the majority of service members Don't care if the DADT policy is repealed or not. Some findings from a Pentagon survey were released recently. Service employees mostly thought that repealing DADT would likely have no effect. Americans that think the military should discriminate against sexual orientation are actually a minority, based on the majority of polls.

Not even caring for those in the military

A study begun by the Pentagon several months ago, at the behest of Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, has revealed that most service personnel don’t think about the controversial “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy, according to ABC. It seems like the govt has been quite bad about leaked documents lately. Of course, it made Gates upset to find out that his research results were released by the Washington Post. About 70 percent of those who responded said there wouldn't be any change within the military if the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell repeal went through. About 400,000 military members got the survey. There were 150,000 spouses of military employees who got it too. Of those, less than 30 percent responded.

The majority of Americans back repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell

It seems like in the last few years, polls and surveys have been changing. The repeal of the DADT policy is being supported increasingly more by Americans. The repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell is something a Cable News Network poll showed 70 percent of America wanted and a Pew Research poll said 58 percent of Americans want. This is reported by CNN. The opinion within the country can be different though thinking about the polls and surveys really can only accurately say something about those who responded to it. It seems like people don't want the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy anymore. They want it to be appealed.

Shortly there can be an end

There is a good chance this problem will come up shortly. The next legislative session should consist of it. Debate raged over “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” and allowing homosexuals to serve for years. Being homosexual would make it impossible to be within the military. Discharge would happen. The military was also segregated until an executive order from President Truman ended racial discrimination within the military.

Citations

ABC News

abcnews.go.com/Politics/pentagon-release-review/story?id=12270535&page=1

CNN

cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/11/30/military.gay.policy/index.html?hpt=T1