That month, Clinton implemented a Department of Defense directive known as " Don't Ask, Don't Tell ", which allowed gay men and women to serve in the armed services provided they kept their sexuality a secret, and forbade the military from inquiring about an individual's sexual orientation.

On September 21, 1996, barely three years after the " Don't Ask, Don't Tell " imbroglio, and further straining relations with the LGBT community, Clinton signed into law the Defense of Marriage Act ( DOMA ), which defines marriage as the legal union of one man and one woman.

This is the policy now known as " Don't Ask, Don't Tell ".

The full name of the policy at the time was " Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Pursue.

" The " Don't Ask " provision mandated that military or appointed officials will not ask about or require members to reveal their sexual orientation.

On October 12, 2010, she granted an immediate worldwide injunction prohibiting the Department of Defense from enforcing the " Don't Ask Don't Tell " policy and ordered the military to suspend and discontinue any investigation or discharge, separation, or other proceedings based on it.

Following passage of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010, the Justice Department asked the Ninth Circuit to suspend LCR's suit in light of the legislative repeal.

The average age of the officers whose names were listed as signing the letter was 74, the oldest was 98, and Servicemembers United noted that " only a small fraction of these officers have even served in the military during the ' Don't Ask, Don't Tell ' period, much less in the 21st century military.

* 2010 – The repeal of the Don't Ask Don't Tell policy, the 17-year-old policy banning on homosexuals serving openly in the United States military, is signed into law by President Barack Obama.

For example, in 1980, a company called " Don't Ask Software ", founded by Randy Simon, created a version called " Abuse " for the Apple II, Atari, and Commodore PCs, which verbally abused the user based on the user's input.

* 2011 – The United States ends its " Don't Ask, Don't Tell " policy, allowing gay men and women to serve openly for the first time.

* Don't Ask Me If I Love ( 1971 )

Akkerman's " House of the King " ( from the Focus Plays Focus album ) was the title theme of Don't Ask Me, a science-based British TV show of the 1970s that made household names of Dr. Magnus Pyke and Professor David Bellamy.

That same year saw the release of PiL's first compilation album The Greatest Hits, So Far, which featured one new song, the environmentally themed single " Don't Ask Me ".

) who helped overturn " Don't Ask ; Don't Tell "

Kurosawa has commented on the lasting sense of loss he felt at his brother's death and the chapter of his autobiography that describes it — written nearly half a century after the event — is titled, " A Story I Don't Want to Tell.

The city is also the home of several talk shows, including former The Oprah Winfrey Show on WLS-TV, while Chicago Public Radio produces programs such as PRI's This American Life and NPR's Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!

The " Don't Tell " stated that a member may be discharged for claiming to be a homosexual or bisexual or making a statement indicating a tendency towards or intent to engage in homosexual activities.

* The NPR weekly news quiz show Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!

Other songs performed by Amos include The Doors ' " People are Strange ", Depeche Mode's " Personal Jesus ", Joni Mitchell's " The Circle Game ", Madonna's " Live to Tell " and " Like a Prayer ", Björk's " Hyperballad ", Led Zeppelin's " When the Levee Breaks " ( which she debuted in Austin, Texas, just after the events of Hurricane Katrina ), Kate Bush's " And Dream of Sheep " and Crowded House's " Don't Dream It's Over ", dedicating it to drummer Paul Hester who had died a week before.

* Don't Tell a Soul ( 1989 )

Despite undergoing tests in advance of prostate surgery scheduled two days later, Wyden appeared up in the Senate chamber in December 2010 to vote for the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010.

On December 18, 2010, Landrieu voted in favor of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010.

On December 18, 2010, Nelson voted in favor of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010, which established a legal process for ending the policy that prevented gay and lesbian people from serving openly in the United States Armed Forces.

" On December 18, 2010, Murkowski voted in favor of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010.

On December 18, 2010, Ensign voted in favor of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010.

On December 18, 2010, Collins voted in favor of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010.

He has opposed the Democratic leadership since 2007 on most major legislation, including the stimulus bill, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act.

On December 18, 2010, Harkin voted in favor of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010.

Ros-Lehtinen was one of fifteen Republican House members to vote in favor of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010.

On December 18, 2010, Kirk voted in favor of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010.

On December 18, 2010, Hagan voted in favor of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010.

Other legislative achievements during his term include the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act which made sweeping reforms to the U. S. healthcare system, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act which implemented several new financial regulations to prevent another major financial crisis, and the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act.

The bill was known in early drafts as the Security Systems and Standards Certification Act ( or SSSCA ), and was sometimes derisively called the Consume But Don't Try Programming Act.

Richard Stallman criticized this act due to the restrictions that it would place in the immediate and long-term future on free software, dubbing the bill the " Consume But Don't Try Programming Act.

Halfway through Act III, Scene 2, the character of Asa Trenchard, played that night by Harry Hawk, utters a line, considered one of the play's funniest, to Mrs. Mountchessington: " Don't know the manners of good society, eh?

* Don't Drink and Act ( Movie Morlocks on Sonny Tufts )

* 2010 ( as Mistachuck ): I Don't Rhyme for the Sake of Riddlin

This was preceded on September 21, 2010, by Don't Vote !- It Just Encourages the Bastards, and on September 1, 2009, Driving Like Crazy with a reprint edition published on May 11, 2010.

On January 15, 2010, Bridges performed the song " I Don't Know " from Crazy Heart on The Tonight Show with Conan O ' Brien.

A second single was released from the album in April 2010, a new remix of the song " Love Don't Live Here " backed by Ian Masterson's 2010 reworking of the 1995 single " Every Shade of Blue " and " The Runner " remixed by Buzz Junkies

* 2010: I Don't Even Know

* The War You Don't See ( 2010 )

* You Don't Know Jack ( film ) ( 2010 )-" Early in the Morning "

** “ Big Girls Don't Cry ,” written by Alan Grant, art by Patrick Goddard, in 2000 AD # 2011 ( 2010 )

A new single, " Don't Stop Me "/" The Gun is Good " was issued in 2010 on 12 " and digital download.