I am very happy that, this week, a "Federal Judge from California issued an injunction barring the U.S. military worldwide from further implementing the 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Policy" (Jim Lehrer). The judge said that the policy infringed upon the fundamental rights of U.S. service members. Now, the policy will go to the President, who has less than 60 days to repeal the decision. Secretary Gates believes that Congress should decide and not the President; he said that it was a legislative matter, not a judicial one. Earlier yesterday, the U.S. press secretary said that the President would also prefer to have the policy end in the legislature; that the President was simply looking for the judicial system to give an indication of the path that this form of policy and legislation was taking, relative to the Constitution. It is said that the policy will end in Congress during the lame duck period at the end of this year.
      I do not care how this legislation ends, as long as it ends. I believe that this kind of policy is completely immoral and am proud that it is not deemed constitutional, though am sad that it was still put into place by people of my country. It is also reassuring that as many people in my country believe this is wrong as they do, even if there is a significant amount that still believe that gays should not serve in the military. The policy is on its last day, and knowing that is good enough for me, at least for right now.