Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is history and gays and lesbians can serve in the military — not a great choice, but one that confers on them the full rights of citizenship. Well, all but one right — it’s time to move forward and legalize same-sex marriage.
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Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie.
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This is historic and a monumental milestone in civil rights. I have been absolutely disgusted with the Democrats and Obama lately (the GOP is beyond repair and paleolithic to the nth degree) but this is finally something positive from the gutless spineless Democrats. Bravo!Obama's assault on Social Security is still unforgivable.