Compare the current President's silence on DADT with Truman's executive order ending segregation in the U.S. military.
How strange that we now have a black man as President, whose parents' marriage at the time he was born was strictly illegal in Texas and all the other Southern states; and who, had he been around during World War II, could never have served alongside white soldiers in our military; and yet he sure seems to be dragging his feet on equality for gay soldiers. WTF?
When Southerners in Congress questioned his civil-rights stand, Truman told them:
Whatever my inclination as a native of Missouri might have been, as President, I know this is bad. I shall fight to end evil like this.
Another time, Truman said:
You know that being an American is more than a matter of where your parents came from. It is a belief that all men are created free and equal and that everyone deserves an even break.
Mr. Obama, are you listening?
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