re: #641 ozbloke

US House votes to lift military gay ban

The US House of Representatives has voted to end the US military ban on gays serving openly, leaving it to the senate to seize what backers of repeal say may be their last chance for years.

By a 250-175 margin, lawmakers approved a stand-alone bill to scrap the 1993 policy, popularly known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” which requires gays to keep quiet about their sexual orientation or face dismissal.

Wow.