President Barack Obama, despite his massive favorable ratings in all popular opinion polls, has to date failed to live up to his campaign promise to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," a discriminatory military policy that not only discriminates against our many gay and lesbian soldiers who are faithfully serving our country in the most dangerous places overseas, but continues to be used as a hypocritical basis to drum them out of their jobs -- all out of sexual discrimination.

Obama needs to act quickly if he is to retain the credibility he needs, and deserves, to continue to implement many other policy changes that we all would agree are necessary.

Of course, Obama faces many competing pressures. This one, however, is not one to be dismissed by his political advisers. This one requires an act of principle.

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