Lawmakers Advance on Ending Us Military Gay Ban
by By a 234-194 vote,the House of Representatives delivered a huge victory to President Barack Obama, who has backed the move along with military leaders and gay rights groups.
Lawmakers came a step closer to allowing gays to serve openly in the US military by voting to repeal the divisive Clinton-era “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law.
By a 234-194 vote, the House of Representatives delivered a huge victory to President Barack Obama, who has backed the move along with military leaders and gay rights groups.
“This legislation will help make our armed forces even stronger and more inclusive by allowing gay and lesbian soldiers to serve honestly and with integrity,” he said in a statement after the vote.
Cheers erupted in the House chamber after the vote to advance the repeal as an amendment to a huge Defense Department funding bill. It came just hours after a key Senate panel took similar action against the 1993 law.
“Lawmakers today stood on the right side of history,” said Joe Solmonese, president of the gay rights group Human Rights Campaign.
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