Obama Signs DADT Repeal

From Yahoo News:
"Obama ends gays in military ban"

President Barack Obama on Friday formally signed off on ending the ban on gays serving openly in the military, doing away with a policy that's been controversial from the day it was enacted and making good on his 2008 campaign promise to the gay community. The president joined Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Adm. Mike Mullen, the joint chiefs of staff chairman, in signing a notice and sending it to Congress certifying that military readiness would not be hurt by repealing the 17-year-old "don't ask, don't tell" policy. That means that 60 days from now the ban will be lifted. As of September 20th, service members will no longer be forced to hide who they are in order to serve our country." The Pentagon is expected to spend the next 60 days preparing the troops for the change, and ironing out legal and technical details, including how it will affect housing, military transfers and other health and social benefits. In most cases, the guidelines require that gays and lesbians be treated like any other member of the military.There will be differences, however. Same sex partners will not get the same housing and other benefits as married couples. Instead, they are more likely to be treated like unmarried couples.

^ It seems that every other day you hear that DADT is repealed then put on hold, etc. I guess this means it is official (well as of September 20th.) Hopefully the DOMA will also be repealed and the gay soldiers and their families be treated equally. ^

http://news.yahoo.com/obama-ends-gays-military-ban-203149906.html