Something to keep in mind as the left does everything possible to rip Ms. California to shreds for daring to oppose gay marriage. Many of the same people trying to destroy Carrie Prejean absolutely worship this man, despite the fact he claims to agree with her on the issue.

A new study, about to be published by a group of experts in military law, shows that President Obama does, in fact, have stroke-of-the-pen authority to suspend gay discharges. The “don’t ask, don’t tell” law requires the military to fire anyone found to be gay or lesbian. But there is nothing requiring the military to make such a finding. The president can simply order the military to stop investigating service members’ sexuality.

An executive order would not get rid of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” law, but would take the critical step of suspending its implementation, hence rendering it effectively dead. Once people see gays and lesbians serving openly, legally and without problems, it will be much easier to get rid of the law at a later time.

I spent a day with Dan Choi last month, and he is not someone we want to fire from the military. He loves the armed forces. He served bravely under tough combat conditions in Iraq. His Arabic is excellent, and he used his language skills to diffuse many tough situations and to save lives, both Iraqi and American. All of his unit mates know he is gay, and they have been very supportive of him. But he doesn’t want to live a lie.

As Allahpundit says, it’d be nice to see Obama take even a fraction of the heat that Prejean has for admitting her opposition to gay marriage. But he won’t. Sure, a few die-hard lefties absolutely committed to gays serving in the military will condemn the move, but most of the media and talking heads with either ignore it or find some way to praise him for doing so.