The US military should have seen all this coming, so their “we must study this to determine its effect on spousal benifits and the like” nonsense is just that….nonsense. Its simply a convenient excuse to use while they hope against hope that the whole issue will go away.

The truth is that military lawyers have LONG recognized this “don’t ask, don’t tell” foolishness would eventually be declared unconstitutional. But the decision-makers in the Pentago have been just too busy killing people and breaking things to be bothered with such “umlilitary” issues as providing equal rights to a group of highly disenfranchised people within their own ranks.

I strongly suggest all the homophobic foot-draggers at the Pentagon now try asking the 34 other countries in the world who ALREADY allow homosexuals to openly serve how THEY do it, stop making lame excuses and then get on with the task of MAKING IT HAPPEN.

It ISN’T rocket science, guys.