Don't Ask Don't Tell !

President Obama has successfully gotten rid of a ban on gays in the military and Secretary of Defense Bill Gates assured Congress and Obama that implementing the new policy shouldn't be a hassle with the public. He also said that it should be a low impacting “troop effectiveness”, even in war time. Ever since Don't Ask Don't Tell was enacted by Congress and signed into law, more gay and lesbian activists have compared their struggles for entrance in the military to blacks during the Jim Crow era. Blacks weren't allowed to eat at certain restraunts and go to certain school etc. Retired Howard University Aeronautics Professor Ivan Ware the comparison with blacks and gays are NOT the same because blacks endured much more than gays did trying to get into the military. He also said during WWII no one knew who was gay and no one was bothered, they were just there to fight and win the war. The fact that the Don't Ask Don't  Tell Policy has been repealed is only good for America and the military.Some soldiers have expressed their concerns about being in the military with gay peers and they feel it may lead to potential violence therefore it could disrupt unit cohesian. A now veteran named Maurice Franklin  has experienced being gay and black in the Navy when there was no Don't Ask Don't Tell Policy wasn't law. He feels validated and feels that this is a grat shift for the future members of the Navy and Military. President Obama signs the Don't Ask Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010 at the Interior Department in Washington.