That means that POTUS Palin or whoever is elected next will rescind this.
This is just a last gasp of the left before they die.
It will all be reversed.
I wish I could as optimistic - but this might be a case of “once the genie is out of the bottle...”
Clearly, the POTUS is the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. However, one of the enumerated powers of the Congress is: To make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces. That is why they have the authority to pass this change in the first place. It will be reflected after a while in changes to that portion of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) that covers sodomy.
Don’t get me wrong - I dearly hope this gets reversed as you say.