Friday, May 28, 2010

[Peckers_Pics] Model Wars; May 29, 2010 - Safe PICS For All Ages, Rated G



Model Wars; May 29, 2010
Safe PICS For All Ages, Rated  G
 

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    This group is called "Peckers PICS."  The English -  slang definition of "pecker" is to pluck at the truth. Therefore, we peck at items such as Gay Men's Health and Male Fitness, Gay (LGBT) Politics & Issues.  In this section you may peck at each photo in order to decide the winner of the "war of the fittest!"  Whereas, who is the model that may inspire you to exercise and "get fit?"  Warning: This may stoke you!
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    Congress moves toward ending military's gay ban

    By JIM ABRAMS (AP) - Friday; May 28, 2010; 1:53PM Central.

    WASHINGTON -- The House was voting Friday on a defense bill that would end the "don't ask, don't tell" ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military — a change supporters compared to the integration of the armed services in the 1940s.

    The debate then shifts to the Senate, where some Republicans are threatening to block the bill.

    In quick succession Thursday, the Senate Armed Services Committee and the full House approved amendments to the defense bill to repeal the 1993 law that allows gay people to serve in the armed services only if they hide their sexual orientation.

    The votes were a victory for President Barack Obama, who has actively supported ending the policy, and for gay rights groups who have made repealing the ban their top legislative priority this year.

    "Lawmakers today stood on the right side of history," Joe Solmonese, president of Human Rights Campaign, a major gay rights organization, said after Thursday's votes.

    With passage, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said, "We honor the values of our nation and we close the door on a fundamental unfairness."

    In a special videotaped message to the armed forces Friday, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said a military's review of how to implement a change in the "don't ask, don't tell" policy will go forward and no changes will be made until it's done. He urged them not to be distracted by the political debate in Congress.

    The drive to end the ban still has a way to go. The 234-194 House vote Thursday was an amendment to a bill approving more than $700 billion for military operations that some lawmakers vowed to vote against if the "don't ask, don't tell" repeal was included.

    "It jeopardizes passage of the entire bill," said Rep. Gene Taylor of Mississippi, a conservative Democrat who opposed it.

    The full Senate is expected to take up the defense bill this summer, and Republicans are threatening a filibuster if the change in policy toward gays remains in the legislation.

    "I think it's really going to be very harmful to the morale and effectiveness of our military," said Sen. John McCain of Arizona, the top Republican on the Armed Services Committee and a leading opponent of the repeal, which would not become law until the president and military leaders certify that it will not have negative impact and the military revises its rules.

    In a statement after the House vote, Obama hailed Thursday's congressional action as "important bipartisan steps toward repeal."

    "This legislation will help make our armed forces even stronger and more inclusive by allowing gay and lesbian soldiers to serve honestly and with integrity," Obama said.

    The Armed Services vote on the measure was 16-12, with one Republican, Susan Collins of Maine, voting for it and one Democrat, Jim Webb of Virginia, opposing it.

    In the House, Republicans, who voted overwhelmingly against the amendment, cited the letters of four military service chiefs urging Congress to hold off on legislation until the military gains a full assessment of the effects the repeal might have on military life and readiness.

    Gates too, while voicing support for the repeal, has said he would prefer that Congress wait until the Pentagon conducts its study on the policy change, due to be done in December.

    The House and Senate amendments stipulate that the repeal would not become law until after the study is completed and until the president, the defense secretary and the Joint Chiefs of Staff certify that it will not have negative effects on the military's fighting ability.

    Several Republicans voiced strong opposition to any change in current policy. "It is very clear that homosexuality is incompatible with military service," Rep. Steve Buyer, R-Ind., said.

    The chief sponsor of the amendment, Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Pa., who served in the Iraq war, said that when he was in Baghdad, "my teams did not care whether a fellow soldier was straight or gay if they could fire their assault rifle or run a convoy down ambush alley and do their job so everyone would come home safely."

    House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said that of the 13,500 who have been discharged under "don't ask, don't tell," more than 1,000 filled critical occupations, such as engineers and interpreters.

    Associated Press writer Julie Hirschfeld Davis contributed to this report.

    The bill is H.R. 5136

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