{"id":262,"date":"2010-09-21T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-21T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2010\/09\/conservative-christians-relieved-as-senate-stalls-on-repeal-of-dont-ask-dont-tell.html"},"modified":"2010-09-21T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-09-21T19:00:00","slug":"conservative-christians-relieved-as-senate-stalls-on-repeal-of-dont-ask-dont-tell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2010\/09\/conservative-christians-relieved-as-senate-stalls-on-repeal-of-dont-ask-dont-tell.html","title":{"rendered":"Conservative Christians Relieved as Senate Fails to Repeal &#8216;Don&#8217;t Ask, Don&#8217;t Tell&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate vote on a military bill that would have included the repeal of &#8220;Don&#8217;t Ask, Don&#8217;t Tell,&#8221; allowing openly gay troops to serve in the U.S. armed forces (as do our allies, including England and Israel), didn&#8217;t get enough support to overcome a fillibuster today &#8212; to the relief of conservative Christians, among others.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/09\/22\/us\/politics\/22cong.html?_r=1&amp;hp\">The New York Times has the story<\/a>; seems like pro-repeal strategy (which was supported by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen, and President Obama) is now to wait until after the midterm elections to revisit this and other controversial issues. Then again, it&#8217;s not going to be any easier to repeal DADT after the midterms, if more Republicans and Tea Party politicians win seats, is it?<\/p>\n<p>Some links to the faith-related coverage:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.orlandosentinel.com\/features-the-religion-world\/2010\/09\/21\/religious-leaders-urge-repeal-of-dont-ask-dont-tell-today\/\">Religious leaders urge repeal of Don&#8217;t Ask Don&#8217;t Tell <\/a>(Orlando Sentinel)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/african-american-pastors-warn-against-repeal-of-dont-ask-dont-tell\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+catholicnewsagency\/dailynews+(CNA+Daily+News)\">African American pastors warn against repeal of &#8216;Don&#8217;t Ask, Don&#8217;t Tell&#8217; <\/a>(Catholic News Agency)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/attempts-to-repeal-dont-ask-dont-tell-and-military-abortion-ban-fail\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+catholicnewsagency\/dailynews+(CNA+Daily+News)\">Attempts to repeal &#8216;Don&#8217;t Ask, Don&#8217;t Tell&#8217; and military abortion ban fail <\/a>(Catholic News Agency)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.christianitytoday.com\/ctpolitics\/2010\/09\/gop_stalls_dont.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+christianitytoday\/ctpolitics+(Christianity+Today+Politics+Blog)\">GOP stalls &#8216;Don&#8217;t Ask, Don&#8217;t Tell&#8221; repeal<\/a> (Christianity Today)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.faithinpubliclife.org\/2010\/09\/sen_collins_says_two_wrongs_ma.html\">Sen. Collins says two wrongs make a right<\/a> (Faith in Public Life)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">What do you think? Share your thoughts in the Comments section below.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">*<a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=beliefnet\/beliefbeat\">Click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>subscribe to Belief Beat<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/a>and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\">click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>follow Belief Beat on Twitter<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate vote on a military bill that would have included the repeal of &#8220;Don&#8217;t Ask, Don&#8217;t Tell,&#8221; allowing openly gay troops to serve in the U.S. armed forces (as do our allies, including England and Israel), didn&#8217;t get enough support to overcome a fillibuster today &#8212; to the relief of conservative Christians, among others.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Conservative Christians Relieved as Senate Fails to Repeal &#039;Don&#039;t Ask, Don&#039;t Tell&#039; - Belief Beat<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2010\/09\/conservative-christians-relieved-as-senate-stalls-on-repeal-of-dont-ask-dont-tell.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Conservative Christians Relieved as Senate Fails to Repeal &#039;Don&#039;t Ask, Don&#039;t Tell&#039; - Belief Beat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Senate vote on a military bill that would have included the repeal of &#8220;Don&#8217;t Ask, Don&#8217;t Tell,&#8221; allowing openly gay troops to serve in the U.S. armed forces (as do our allies, including England and Israel), didn&#8217;t get enough support to overcome a fillibuster today &#8212; to the relief of conservative Christians, among others.&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2010\/09\/conservative-christians-relieved-as-senate-stalls-on-repeal-of-dont-ask-dont-tell.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Belief Beat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-09-21T19:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Nicole Neroulias\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Conservative Christians Relieved as Senate Fails to Repeal 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' - Belief Beat","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2010\/09\/conservative-christians-relieved-as-senate-stalls-on-repeal-of-dont-ask-dont-tell.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Conservative Christians Relieved as Senate Fails to Repeal 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' - Belief Beat","og_description":"The Senate vote on a military bill that would have included the repeal of &#8220;Don&#8217;t Ask, Don&#8217;t Tell,&#8221; allowing openly gay troops to serve in the U.S. armed forces (as do our allies, including England and Israel), didn&#8217;t get enough support to overcome a fillibuster today &#8212; to the relief of conservative Christians, among others.&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2010\/09\/conservative-christians-relieved-as-senate-stalls-on-repeal-of-dont-ask-dont-tell.html","og_site_name":"Belief Beat","article_published_time":"2010-09-21T19:00:00+00:00","author":"Nicole Neroulias","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2010\/09\/conservative-christians-relieved-as-senate-stalls-on-repeal-of-dont-ask-dont-tell.html","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2010\/09\/conservative-christians-relieved-as-senate-stalls-on-repeal-of-dont-ask-dont-tell.html","name":"Conservative Christians Relieved as Senate Fails to Repeal 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' - Belief Beat","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/#website"},"datePublished":"2010-09-21T19:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2010-09-21T19:00:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/#\/schema\/person\/42dac2ebd149a02dfe91f0f93e36761b"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2010\/09\/conservative-christians-relieved-as-senate-stalls-on-repeal-of-dont-ask-dont-tell.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2010\/09\/conservative-christians-relieved-as-senate-stalls-on-repeal-of-dont-ask-dont-tell.html"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2010\/09\/conservative-christians-relieved-as-senate-stalls-on-repeal-of-dont-ask-dont-tell.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Conservative Christians Relieved as Senate Fails to Repeal &#8216;Don&#8217;t Ask, Don&#8217;t Tell&#8217;"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/","name":"Belief Beat","description":"BeliefBeat - Nicole Neroulias","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/#\/schema\/person\/42dac2ebd149a02dfe91f0f93e36761b","name":"Nicole Neroulias","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/caf\/caf1ad99f5fc2a063b8e935cf82f65fdx96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/caf\/caf1ad99f5fc2a063b8e935cf82f65fdx96.jpg","caption":"Nicole Neroulias"},"description":"Nicole Neroulias is a correspondent for Religion News Service, a secular news and photo service devoted to unbiased coverage of religion and ethics. A graduate of Cornell University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, she has previously written for The New York Times and other media outlets. She and her family live in Seattle.","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/author\/nneroulias"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}