(Community Matters) It’s not a big deal . . . (well, of course it is but it isn’t)
Eight months after the repeal, midshipmen both gay and straight describe a quiet but significant transformation at the Naval Academy.. . Gay cadets at the U.S. Military Academy and the Coast Guard Academy are forming clubs. Gay alumni at the Air Force Academy hosted their first football tailgate last fall, and gay alumni at the Air Force Academy and West Point held their annual dinners on campus for the first time.. .
Across the military, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said recently, the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell — once highly controversial — is “going very well.”
“It’s not impacting on morale,” he told reporters after receiving a report on the subject this month. “It’s not impacting on unit cohesion. It’s not impacting on readiness.”
Hat Tip: Towelroad
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