Reason #48: The Repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell

50 Days, 50 Reasons to Vote Obama — Reason #48

When conservatives say they "Support our Troops", the silent subtext of this assertion is, "and liberals don't." The repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell is one of the most important ways in which President Obama has demonstrated real, substantive support of the men and women in the armed services: it supports them by acknowledging their inalienable freedom to love whomever they want to love. 

Just over a year after the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, the evidence is in. Rather than harm the military, President Obama's lifting of the band has in fact helped the military. As a study from UCLA has just found, "Lifting the ban, [the researchers] found, improved the ability of the military to do its job by removing needless barriers to peer bonding, effective leadership and discipline." 

That's real support of our troops.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2012/09/study_of_don_t_ask_don_t_tell_repeal_helped_the_military_.single.html