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Tell President Obama to listen to the troops and his own commanders



June 15, 2010


Dear Gabriel ,



Despite vigorous resistance from the heads of each of the military's branches, President Obama is determined to overturn the ban on open homosexual service before a survey of rank and file members of the military is completed on December 1.

If this ban is overturned, it will have a catastrophic effect on military morale, unit cohesion, recruitment, retention and readiness.

The Senate intends to repeal the existing law as early as next week. Moving ahead without receiving input from the men and women who wear the uniform tells them that their opinions don't matter. This is the ultimate sign of disrespect for the military members who put their lives on the line to protect our freedom. It's inexcusable and unconscionable.

Yet on April 19, at a fundraiser for Sen. Barbara Boxer, the president said, 