UPDATE: Senate Fails To Repeal ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ (For Now)

By Richard Land - Dec 10, 2010 -

Dear Friends:

Yesterday, the Senate failed in a critical vote to move forward on repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” By a 57-40 vote, the Senate fell short of the 60 votes needed to reconsider the Defense Authorization bill, which includes repeal of the 1993 law on homosexuals in the military—as well as repeal of a law prohibiting elective abortions on military bases here and overseas.

This is a tremendous victory!

Thank you for placing calls and sending e-mails to your senators. It has helped to make the difference.

Unfortunately, this battle is not over. Senators who want to scrap more than two centuries of protocol against open homosexuals in the military are not giving up. They are still trying to sway their Senate colleagues to support repeal before the end of the year. Given the right terms of Senate debate, several senators have indicated they might support repeal. Continued calls to your senators are critically important.

But for now, thank you for your tremendous efforts toward yesterday’s victory.

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