Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Nancy Pelosi Signs DADT Repeal

Miss Nancy signed the DADT repeal today. With her, were several legislators and gay soldiers watching this great moment.
"Isn't this a joyful day?" she said, adding that the repeal measure will "change the law, improve the policy, make life better for many Americans, and make our country stronger."

Pelosi then asked all in attendance to sing "God Bless America." At the end, Democratic Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts, one of the first openly gay House members, could be seen wiping his eyes.

The repeal bill, a campaign promise by Obama, won Senate approval on Saturday in the final days of the lame-duck session.

Obama signs it off tomorrow!


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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

That is truly amazing. Making history!

YvesPaul said...

Cry when we have true equality like same sex marriage and spousal benefits. If you're not in the army, it still doesn't affect you much.

Unknown said...

Those pictures are moving. Really powerful.

robertga99 said...

First DADT...then marriage!

Daij said...

:) i liked this picture.

Anonymous said...

True equality is when you can get married? How ya gonna pay for that wedding if you don't have a job? ENDA needs to be the next step.

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