Obama On Gays in Military

Have you ever taken a look at Obamas voting record? This below is cut and paste blah, but if you look he never votes on anything! NV means not voting. n means no, y means yes. this is a very indecisive person that very well could be president, he didnt even vote for most of the natl defense budgets, thats really scary. People you need to wake up and smell the coffee here, there is still time....

Senator Barack H. Obama Jr.(IL)


Current Office: U.S. Senate
Seniority: Junior Seat
Office Seeking: President
First Elected: 11/02/2004
Last Elected: 11/02/2004
Next Election: 2010
Party: Democratic

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Date Bill Title Vote Outcome
09/17/2008 Defense Authorizations Bill
S 3001 NV Bill Passed - Senate
(88 - 8)
07/16/2008 Funding Amendment to AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Bill
S Amdt 5077 NV Amendment Rejected - Senate
(31 - 64)
07/16/2008 Funding to Combat AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis
HR 5501 NV Bill Passed - Senate
(80 - 16)
07/15/2008 Limiting Countries for HIV/Aids, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Funding
S Amdt 5078 NV Amendment Tabled - Senate
(70 - 24)
07/10/2008 Nomination of General Petraeus as Military Leader of the Middle East
PN 1641 NV Nomination Confirmed - Senate
(95 - 2)
06/26/2008 Iraq and Afghanistan War Funding, Unemployment Benefits Extension, and GI Bill
HR 2642 Y Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate
(92 - 6)
05/22/2008 Funding for Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan
S Amdt 4818 NV Amendment Adopted - Senate
(70 - 26)
05/22/2008 Funding for Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan with Provisions Regarding Conduct and Congressional Oversight
S Amdt 4817 N Amendment Rejected - Senate
(34 - 63)
05/22/2008 GI Bill and Other Domestic Provisions
S Amdt 4803 Y Amendment Adopted - Senate
(75 - 22)
01/22/2008 Defense Authorizations Bill
HR 4986 NV Bill Passed - Senate
(91 - 3)
12/18/2007 Iraq Withdrawal Amendment
S Amdt 3875 NV Amendment Rejected - Senate
(24 - 71)
12/18/2007 Inclusion of Consolidated Appropriations
HR 2764 NV Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate
(76 - 17)
12/18/2007 Inclusion of Iraq and Afghanistan Military Operations Funding with the Consolidated Appropriations
HR 2764 NV Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate
(70 - 25)
12/04/2007 United States-Peru Trade Agreement
HR 3688 NV Bill Passed - Senate
(77 - 18)
11/16/2007 Supplemental Appropriations for the Department of Defense and Timeline for Withdrawal from Iraq
HR 4156 Y Cloture Not Invoked - Senate
(53 - 45)
11/16/2007 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for the Department of Defense
S 2340 N Cloture Not Invoked - Senate
(45 - 53)
10/01/2007 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008
HR 1585 NV Bill Passed - Senate
(92 - 3)
09/26/2007 Expressing the Sense of Congress Regarding Federalism in Iraq
S Amdt 2997 NV Amendment Adopted - Senate
(75 - 23)

Old Navy Guy wrote:

Have you ever taken a look at Obamas voting record? This below is cut and paste blah, but if you look he never votes on anything! NV means not voting. n means no, y means yes. this is a very indecisive person that very well could be president, he didnt even vote for most of the natl defense budgets, thats really scary. People you need to wake up and smell the coffee here, there is still time....

I'm not voting for Obama. I don't agree with a lot of what he says. You basically said in your first post that you didn't like him because of the gay enlistment thing. That's what the post was about.

My mother is gay. My uncle is gay and they are good voting, tax-paying people and I would encourage them to serve their country however they saw fit. gay people have always been in the military ...they aren't coming out of the woodwork now you silly, silly man. My suggestion to someone considering entering the military who does NOT wish to encounter gay people is; pick a service that DOESN'T wear white bell-bottoms and accessorize with scarfs and hats...the odds are pretty high that you will encounter less gays because when you are at War you certianly don't want to have to worry that someone is watching your butt.

Most military personal come from the south of this country. Most come from born again religious families. If Obama allows people to be openly gay in the military. They will not allow their children to go into the military. That is not good for you or me. If you look at most of the national guard units they come from the poor rural areas of this country.

Wondering wrote:

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They should come out and they should be allowed to serve. I think they should have separate quarters though. Look, men are separated from women because they are attracted to each other. Women and men who are attracted to each other in the same sex should also be separated. It's really no different.
Well, maybe to avoid problems, a gay man should be paired with a gay woman. This could get expensive.
I think that the don't ask don't tell method worked well for years. These days, gays are more assertive, they are so proud of their sexual preference that this method is no longer workable. Put them in separate quarters and that would solve the problem.

So you are saying that you believe segregation would work?