It has been announced that tomorrow the Senate U.S. Armed Services Committee will hold hearings on "Don't ask, don't tell."

This decision comes in direct response to President Obama saying in his State of the Union Address last week that he wants to see the policy overturned quickly.

The Center for Military Readiness has a variety of resources on this topic, including one that establishes the harmful consequences of repealing the policy in terms of our nation's military readiness:

In the past 18 months the Center for Military Readiness has repeatedly analyzed in well-documented detail how the proposed new “LGBT Law” for the military would work in actual practice.  To make the information more manageable, we have drawn a “picture” in our January 2010 CMR Policy Analysis titled: 

Consequences of the Proposed New “LGBT Law” for the Military

The CMR Policy Analysis uses few words, but every “box” placed on the charts highlights complicated social realities and problems that, taken together, would impose a crushing weight on the men and women of our military.  The flow-chart diagrams demonstrate how radical and problematic mandatory implementation the new LGBT Law would be.  

CMR encourages opinion leaders, media commentators, members of Congress and Pentagon officials to consider the wide-ranging, open-ended consequences of the proposed “LGBT Law.”  This CMR Policy Analysis draws a picture that is not a pretty sight.

Expert more coverage on this controversial issue this week.

update: readers who wish to learn more about this issue and take action on it are welcome to visit our sister website American Principles in Action.