{"id":1088,"date":"2011-09-21T12:05:20","date_gmt":"2011-09-21T16:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/?p=1088"},"modified":"2011-09-21T12:05:20","modified_gmt":"2011-09-21T16:05:20","slug":"military-ends-dont-ask-dont-tell-ban-on-gay-troops-chaplains-blink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2011\/09\/military-ends-dont-ask-dont-tell-ban-on-gay-troops-chaplains-blink.html","title":{"rendered":"Military Ends &#8216;Don&#8217;t Ask, Don&#8217;t Tell&#8217; Ban on Gay Troops: Chaplains Blink?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. military&#8217;s<a href=\"http:\/\/religionclause.blogspot.com\/2011\/09\/dont-ask-dont-tell-formally-ended.html\" target=\"_blank\"> &#8220;Don&#8217;t Ask, Don&#8217;t Tell&#8221; ban on openly gay troops ended yesterday<\/a>, and as many outlets have noted, we&#8217;re all still safe and sound. Check out the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2011\/09\/20\/dont-ask-dont-tell-repeal_n_971406.html\" target=\"_blank\"> AP&#8217;s story and video here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If anything, military recruiting looks poised to improve, as a\u00a0result:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>-Several top universities that had kicked ROTC off campus during the Vietnam War and then continued the ban\u00a0due to protests against\u00a0the DADT policy<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gibill.com\/news\/rotc-back-at-elite-schools-347.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0are now inviting military branches to return<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>-Thousands of soldiers and sailors who were discharged under DADT are now eligible to re-enlist.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>-And for an outside-the-box angle, check out this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/09\/21\/us\/marine-recruiters-visit-gay-center-in-oklahoma.html\" target=\"_blank\">fascinating NYT story about Marine recruiters invited to a gay community center in Tulsa, Okla.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But now\u00a0we wait and see, if there&#8217;s going to be <a href=\"http:\/\/religionclause.blogspot.com\/2011\/08\/chaplaincy-groups-urge-congress-to.html\" target=\"_blank\">an exodus\u00a0of chaplains from religious groups that believe homosexuality is sinful<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>What do you think? Share your thoughts in the Comments section below.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=beliefnet\/beliefbeat\">Click here to\u00a0<strong>subscribe to Belief Beat\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\">click here to\u00a0<\/a><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\">follow Belief Beat on Twitter<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. military&#8217;s &#8220;Don&#8217;t Ask, Don&#8217;t Tell&#8221; ban on openly gay troops ended yesterday, and as many outlets have noted, we&#8217;re all still safe and sound. Check out the AP&#8217;s story and video here. 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