Thread:Comments:Obama signs landmark law overturning 'don't ask, don't tell'/Another step forward

I may be completely off track, but I believed that the before Clinton's "don't ask, don't tell" law, the military did not allow anyone they knew to be homosexual. If I remember correctly when signing up for the military people were asked if they were homosexual and if they responded yes, then they were not permitted to join. Once Clinton enacted the "don't ask, don't tell" the military had to quit asking and admit all who did not openly proclaim to be homosexual.

I suppose that what I am saying is that the "don't ask, don't tell" was considered a significant step forward in homosexual rights at the time. Where this article seems to be portraying it as far less than the step forward that it was.