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Top Liberty Index Scorers U.S. Reps. Jeff Flake and Ron Paul Vote to Repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Policy

By Aaron - December 18, 2010 at 7:31 PM
Filed under Congress , Foreign Policy , Gary Johnson , Issues , Social issues

On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the repeal of the military ban on gays in the military, “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” My previous post explains today’s events in which the Senate passed the measure.

What has not been widely reported is that Republican Liberty Caucus Advisory Board members Jeff Flake of Arizona and Dr. Ron Paul of Texas both voted to repeal the discriminatory policy: see the House Roll Call on the bill.

The only other libertarian-leaning Republicans who voted to repeal “Don’t Ask” were U.S. Rep. John Campbell of California and U.S. Senator John Ensign of Nevada. All of the other Republican votes were from the moderate wing of the party.

Earlier this year, Dr. Cliff Thies released the RLC’s 2009 Liberty Index, in which Jeff Flake and Ron Paul topped the chart with the #1 and #2 scores, respectively.

An excellent vote from some great pro-liberty leaders!

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  1. Eric Dondero said:
    On December 19th, 2010 at 5:28 am

    This is going to cause many a split on the Right, between Military Vets and Active Duty service personnel, and those who have never served in the military who don’t get it.