The Advocate poll.In the May 24 issue, we asked: Do you believe "don't don't 1. Contraction of do not. 2. Nonstandard Contraction of does not. n. A statement of what should not be done: a list of the dos and don'ts. ask, don't tell" can be repealed by a Republican-led Congress? Is the self-confidence of many GLBT GLBT Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered young people in part a reflection of more-accepting friends their age? Sign on to The Advocate's Web site before June 21 to cast your vote and leave your comments. Results will appear in the July 19 issue. yes 28% no 67% unsure 5% Note: Table made from pie chart. Reader comments from www.advocate.com * "The religious right controls the Republican Party so completely that it doesn't matter what kind of reliable data one provides to them to show that the policy is ineffective and bad for the country. They will not repeal The Annulment or abrogation of a previously existing statute by the enactment of a later law that revokes the former law. The revocation of the law can either be done through an express repeal it because they, quite simply, hate us." * "A majority Republican Congress may repeal 'don't ask, don't tell,' but only to go back to how it was before--a total ban with a pre-enlistment question." * "I like to believe anything is possible. We did get gay marriage in Massachusetts Massachusetts (măsəch  `sĭts), most populous of the New England states of the NE United States. under a Republican president."
* "Clinton signed this into law--let a Clinton repeal it." * "Despite the huge financial burden 'don't ask, don't tell' generates for the taxpayers, it also helps generate GOP turnout at the polls." * "The military cannot afford to turn away gay medical personnel, lawyers, and linguists A linguist in the academic sense is a person who studies linguistics. Ambiguously, the word is sometimes also used to refer to a polyglot (one who knows more than 2 languages), or a grammarian, but these two uses of the word are distinct. who are trained and willing to serve. Bigotry Bigotry See also Anti-Semitism. Beaumanoir, Sir Lucas de prejudiced ascetic; Grand Master of Templars. [Br. Lit.: Ivanhoe] Bunker, Archie middle-aged bigot in television series. is too costly, even for some Republicans." |
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