gentlemen, i want to thank you both for your activism and speaking out enthe bravery that that took. thank you for joining us to night. i sense the opportunity cost of that viscerally because i know there is an open bar there and you re both in the mood to celebrate. so i release you both. congratulations. have a great night. thanks, rachael. cheers to you. thanks, rachael. thanks to you both. the republican candidate s for president this year made some noises about reinstating don t ask don t tell if they re lekted president. meanwhile, in the military, even military leaders who criticized the idea of scrapping the policy before we did it, now say that get rid of it caused no problems at all. the marine corps ball this year included some same sex couples this year. the sky did not fall. when this navy ship came home this week to virginia from being deployed, the first sailor ashore, the first kes upon returning home was this female sailor greeted by her partner who is female