# Don't ask don't tell repealed. **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-ask-dont-tell-repealed/564674 **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **Created:** [December 19, 2010, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-ask-dont-tell-repealed/564674 "2010-12-19T03:20:16Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 6
### Author: ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A) #### Post date: [December 19, 2010, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-ask-dont-tell-repealed/564674/6 "2010-12-19T15:55:01Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I have some questions. They’ve repealed this law, but that doesn’t yet allow gays to enter into the military, correct? Doesn’t a simple repeal mean that, for the moment at least, the rules go back to before DADT, when the military COULD ask, and then thow gays out? [I had the same question](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13265946&postcount=24). **Simplicio** answered: > [@Predictions: Will the DADT repeal pass the Senate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-will-the-dadt-repeal-pass-the-senate/564405/24): > > > [@Predictions: Will the DADT repeal pass the Senate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-will-the-dadt-repeal-pass-the-senate/564405/23): > > > > OK, time for a dumb question. > > > > Being neither gay nor in the military, I haven’t followed DADT other than to hold the position that gays should be allowed to serve. > > > > Question: Does the repeal mean that gays can now be discharged even if they are not asked and/or do not tell? Or does it mean that gays can serve in the military? > > I believe all it does is repeal DADT. So it will be up to the President what the military’s actual policy is regarding gays in the military. As a practical matter, Obama will presumably allow openly gay members, and once thats in place, it will be pretty unlikely that even a very conservative future Prez would try and roll it back. EDIT: **MEBuckner** posted the relevant sections of the USMJ after that post. . --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-ask-dont-tell-repealed/564674)._