The Times-Union's Capitol Connection leads with a piece about the long-awaited Defense Department report released Tuesday, in which the Pentagon says gay service members can openly serve in the armed forces without damaging the military’s strength or undermining its missions, and the party-line statement from Rep.-elect Chris Gibson, R-N.Y., a retired Army colonel and Iraq War veteran, who is saying that everyone needs to spend more time “digesting” the Pentagon’s conclusions and talking with top enlisted members before making any big changes to the Clinton-era policy.

“There has to be a period where we have a dialogue with the leadership of the United States military, the top enlisted members in the Army, the sergeant majors and also the top general officers,” he said. “This isn’t something that you can get a five-second synopsis of and then take a position on.”

No mention from Gibson, or others in the new Republican House majority or strengthened Senate minority, about the months and years DADT has been a key issue so far.

Of most interest in the TU story are the now-predictable but still-revealing way in which ensuing comments break down into an argument over whether homosexuality should be accepted or not by our society.

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