Democrats failed to get enough votes to break the GOP filibuster in the Senate, and the National Defense Authorization Act which would have repealed “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” will not move forward to the debate stage.

The right has another objection to the bill: the DREAM Act, which would provide a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants if they enlist in the military or complete higher education.

So we have both homophobia and xenophobia in play here — too much phobia to overcome, apparently.