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BGLTSA leaders said they were concerned that the measure may call for the University to give tacit approval to the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, which prevents people who are openly gay and lesbian from serving in the military...
...course, not having the nerve to say any of that out loud--my internal bravado is always so much wittier than my generally pacifist exterior--I was forced to say, "Please, my friends are in there. I just need to tell them I'm here. I'll come right back out." But he was not convinced. Later, I was accused of ditching my friends. What's up with that...
Seton further writes that the final version of the bill contains language condemning the military's so-called "don't ask, don't tell" policy of excluding homosexuals from serving openly in the military. In fact, the council rejected a strongly worded amendment which would have explicitly condemned the policy. Instead, the final bill merely states that the council does not endorse the military's exclusionary policy. It does not contain a condemnation...
Such a politician is Mayor Francis H. Duehay '55 who announced earlier this week that he would retire after his term expired on Jan. 2, 2000. Duehay is a politician who spent his life working to solve those kind of problems. His battles, his triumphs and indeed, his existence tell us one thing: The buck stops at City Hall...
Often the celebrity status of our federal politicians obscures their duty to their constituents. National politics is filled with posturing and vitriol, and as far as most historians tell it, has been for a long time. On the other hand, while local politicians certainly use the bully pulpit, they have far less incentive to pontificate at great length, or reduce an issue to a catchy phrase to be repeated again and again...