President Obama: It Get's Better

Say what you will about the President's record on gay rights (and I have many times), but for the President of the United States to speak directly to gay kids from the White House is huge.  This came on the same day as new Pentagon rules requiring service secretary approval for any discharge under Don't Ask/Don't Tell. 

"In a memorandum dated Oct. 21, Mr. Gates said that “until further notice,” only five senior Defense Department officials, all civilians, would have the authority to expel openly gay service members. As the memo explained it, the relevant service secretary — either the Secretary of the Army, Navy or Air Force — has to consult with the Pentagon’s legal counsel, Jeh C. Johnson, and the undersecretary for personnel, Clifford L. Stanley, before the three can make a group decision on whether a gay service member should be forced out of the military. Until Thursday the decision was in the hands of a far larger number of less senior military and civilian officials."