While the Pentagon's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Policy Was Overturned

question 55

Multiple Choice

While the Pentagon's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy was overturned, this issue underscored the general hostility toward LGBT populations because

• A) it took unusually heroic efforts to overturn this policy.
• B) opponents of this policy did not feel that the Senate went far enough in overturning the policy.
• C) there was an explicit provision in the legislation that prohibited military members from marrying their same-sex partners.
• D) those who voted to overturn this policy still voiced their personal objection to homosexuality.

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