the rope line it was a big crowd, about 3,000 a young woman in uniform was shaking my hand and other people were grabbing and taking pictures. she pulled me into a hug, and she whispered in my ear. get don t ask, don t tell done. and i said to her, i promise you i will. for we are not a nation that says don t ask, don t tell. we are a nation that says out of many we are one. we are a nation that welcomes the service of every patriot. we are a nation that believes that all men and women are created equal. those are the ideals that generations have fought for. those are the ideals that we uphold today. and now it is my honor to sign this bill into law.
of course people shower with homosexual. what a silly issue. what do you think goes wrong when people shower with homosexuals? do you think it s the spray that makes it catching? people shower with homosexuals in college dormitories, in gyms where people play sports, in gyms elsewhere, it is a complete nonissue. so that recommendation you thing is a nonissue? to accept the principle that homosexuals can t shower with other people is a degree of discrimination that goes far beyond that. i mean, we don t get ourselves dry cleaned. we don t get ourselves dry cleaned. tah-dah. three things that for various reasons i m glad i saw today. don t ask, don t tell is dead and barney frank is still hilarious. joining us now is melissa harris perry, she s an associate professor of african-american studies at princeton. nice to see you.
horrifying place, i wanted to pause. i wanted to just say that when we look at that age of accommodation, it s not what you think. it actually is an age of failure. we just don t tell the failure story. let me just pause in all of this excitement about don t ask, don t tell and say, when he told black people to serve in world war i. he said if we served in world war i, we d get equal citizenship rights, that all those things that are bundled with citizenship would come with military service and they did not. not only did they not, but lynchings of black men in their military gear became sport between the two world wars. so i want us to remember that right now in more than 30 states in this country, if you are gay, lesbian or transgender, you can be fired for your identity. that the national fair housing act does not protect against either gender expression or sexual orientation, that you still cannot marry in this country.
washington to me about barack obama and it hit me in such a horrifying place, i wanted to pause. i wanted to just say that when we look at that age of accommodation, it s not what you think. it actually is an age of failure. we just don t tell the failure story. let me just pause in all of this excitement about don t ask, don t tell and say, when he told black people to serve in world war i. he said if we served in world war i, we d get equal citizenship rights, that all those things that are bundled with citizenship would come with military service and they did not. not only did they not, but lynchings of black men in their military gear became sport between the two world wars. so i want us to remember that right now in more than 30 states in this country, if you are gay, lesbian or transgender, you can be fired for your identity. that the national fair housing act does not protect against either gender expression or
when people shower with homosexuals? do you think it s the spray that makes it catching? people shower with homosexuals in college dormitories, in gyms where people play sports, in gyms elsewhere, it is a complete nonissue. so that recommendation you thing is a nonissue? to accept the principle that homosexuals can t shower with other people is a degree of discrimination that goes far beyond that. i mean, we don t get ourselves dry cleaned. we don t get ourselves dry cleaned. tah-dah. three things that for various reasons i m glad i saw today. don t ask, don t tell is dead and barney frank is still hilarious. joining us now is melissa harris perry, she s an associate professor of african-american studies at princeton. nice to see you.