That's quite a "Yehaw!"

Right, I understand that this was Clinton's step toward something better, but it was still absurd that we'd have to incrementally enable rights for our citizens. The fact that gay people still cannot marry... makes me disgusted that hasn't been changed yet.

I hadn't considered this might cause freak-outs among the crazy anti-gay types leading to going back to the old gay-hunting days. One assumes not, because the military is now charged with researching and implementing the new policy over time, and it allows variation among the branches of the military (some branches are more worried than others).

It wasn't an actual rule, other than Article 125 (UCMJ code against sodomy). It was a policy that deemed homosexuality "incompatible with military service." It went out the door with DADT, I believe.

Article 125 still applies, but has already been constricted (in non-gay sodomy cases) to the scope of things lying outside of the liberty exceptions of Lawrence v. Texas. And gays in the military should continue keeping their heads down until the repeal has been implemented, as it is still in effect until repeal works through all the hoops.

Dancing banana says Yay!

Probably when we end practical discrimination against gays - that is, when humans grow the fuck up.

That actually came from real research in WW2, Jimmy. Showed that the people they were discharging for homosexual activity tended to be smarter, better-educated, and more productive than the average soldier. Talk about a clue-hammer that missed entirely ...