Throughout the campaign and through his first few months in office, we’ve heard Obama and his assistants say that the president is still committed to repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
Except, Obama’s administration isn’t fighting to repeal the ban. Instead, they’re fighting to defend it. The Associated Press reports (emphasis added):
The Supreme Court on Monday turned [...]
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Charlotte talk radio host takes shots at local gay org’s
In his “Lavender Folder” segment, conservative Charlotte talk radio host Keith Larson took several shots at local LGBT organizations on Thursday, Jan. 15. His targets were the N.C. Pride Band and Lesbian & Gay Band Association, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Charlotte, the Charlotte Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Queen City Gay Speed-dating, the Lesbian [...]
An Inside Look…DADT
Wow, it appears the submarine force is representing! I didn’t think the topic of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) would be discussed among submariners and boy am I surprised. Steven Hall, a former submarine commanding officer, came out and is working on a film about DADT.
On the blog “The Stupid Shall Be Punished” Joel Kennedy, [...]
SCORE! Powell on DADT: Review it now
Colin Powell on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” on CNN:
That second guy: “This has been vetted… it works.” What sh*t has he been smoking? Either that, or he’s been hiding in that undisclosed bunker with no TV, radio and internet for the past five years.
Call me crazy, but I’m American first
All of this talk of Obama’s hesitancy on a DADT repeal is making me nauseous.
Washington Blade editor Kevin Naff says:
There is no rational justification for prolonging the repeal effort any longer. No more waiting, no more excuses and no more cover for duplicitous, squeamish politicians from our timid activist groups.
Flaming Politics’ Brock Savage says:
I went [...]
Minimalist Kirchick
Gay writer James Kirchick, the assistant editor of The New Republic, eloquently outlined the many ways in which the GOP might be pulling back from its open and unregretable gay bashing. In his latest piece for The Wall Street Journal, Kirchick compared this year’s Republican National Convention to past events and speeches and statements regarding [...]
DADT flashback: Greensboro 2006
Today Congress will hold the first hearing on the anti-gay “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy since its passage in 1993.
The hearing is at 2 p.m. and can be watched live via the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network website.
Until then, let’s take a trip down memory lane, to Sept. 21, 2006, Greensboro, N.C. (Click pic for PDF)
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Harvard students protest ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
In a campaign modeled after the 2006 Soulforce Right to Serve Campaign (I was the Greensboro City Organizer for the Soulforce action), students from Harvard University have set out upon their journey toward creating discussion and bringing attention to the discriminatory “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” gay ban of the U.S. Military.
They’ve already hit their first [...]
