It is an excuse. A legal government excuse - but still an excuse. Any way you look at it - - all you've posted are excuses.
You just seem to be below minimal intelligence necessary to be considered sentient.
So, I'll explain this as completely as possible.
I am not against equal rights.
But this has never been about equality for the administration - or even by the movement, itself. Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell was the Clinton Administration's response to the issue of homosexuals in the military while homosexuality was -not- allowed in the military.
Still tracking with me? "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" was an act that made it unlawful for anyone to ask you whether or not you were a homosexual, and similarly, you were not expected or required to indicate whether or not you were a homosexual. In this way - homosexuals could serve in the military so long as they were quiet about it - in a sense.
This was not "equal rights" - nor was it really a step in the "right" direction to having equal rights and status.
However, since then, the rights groups have targeted this move in a kind of single-minded, vehement onslaught without regard for the actual rights issues involved, which center around the federal recognition of marital status (in and out of itself a bit of a constitutional problem) and many other legal rights and issues regarding benefits and authoritative succession. It's the same kind of audacity that allows people to yell "Praise God and Jesus that x law or y person was voted into effect!"
The Ball is rolling forward - - it may slow down - - but it is not going to stop.
And this is where you are so totally off it's not even funny. The ball is not rolling on equal rights. The ball is rolling off the table. Equal rights means a homosexual and a heterosexual have access to the same -relevant- programs through the military, equal pay/benefits status, and equal ability to designate powers of legal and household responsibility in a accident/loss contingency.
That should be the main target of equality. Repealing don't ask-don't tell is like voting a black man president to try and end racism. All that is going to happen is the issue get horribly inflamed by the debates over legal changes to the way the military is allowed to recognize marriage/unions.
It's cutting off your nose to spite your face. Had the laws been changed and addressed prior to repealing DADT, the spectacle it has made would have been it - there would have been a much smoother transition from "No gays allowed!" to "meh."
Now - it is all but guaranteed to become a massive issue in the next several years because of the short-sighted nature of rights organizations and the similarly ignorant administration... or very diabolical administration... I'm not really sure what category to place them in... fools, or deviant masterminds of social engineering.
Equal Rights will happen. When? Who knows. But it will happen.
People, generally, don't want equal rights. They want to be seen as the victim. It's like the [insert ethnic group] art museums, scholarship programs, etc. Even the white supremacists do it - the Nazis try to gain sympathy by claiming the white man is being ganged up on and suppressed by other ethnicities (which are allegedly inferior - even more reason to get upset).
If people wanted equality - they would want as little mention of discriminatory factors as possible in legal documents. Why is a question about my race asked on a job application when it's "equal opportunity" - I thought all that mattered were my merits.
All that comes of this type of short-sighted nonsense is a cycle of retribution, distrust, and hatred.
This repeal wasn't about equal rights. Nor did it establish any kind of "momentum" to that effect. The states still struggle over the issue of homosexual marriages while the federal government still refuses to recognize homosexual marriage.
The administration likely targeted DADT because they knew it was within their ability to repeal it. It is not at all indicative of a trend in the U.S. The national government hasn't even really begun to address the issue - spare for executive jaunts of power on either side of the spectrum. The states are heavily divided - often amongst demographics....
It's like the failure of the anti-racism movements. I am still asked to identify my race on every government paper I fill out - and on most job applications. Private institutions have to maintain certain ethnic demographics to qualify for certain things restricted by the government. We have separate punishments for crimes committed by an individual of one race against an individual of another race.
A complete failure.
This is no different. Nor will it be any different. People, interestingly enough, are quite predictable in such things. Sadly, it means they are doomed to the same mistakes and ignorant acts of self-righteousness.
