Tag Archives: SLDN

DADT Repeal To Be Introduced Today

Today Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-CA) will introduce the legislation to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” The SLDN wants the bill attached to a DOD funding bill which is expected to be voted on in April. Even as the administration gathers its footing, the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network — a group dedicated to changing the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy — …

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HomoQuotable – Aubrey Sarvis

“A story in Sunday’s Boston Globe asserts that the Obama Administration is telling the Pentagon and gay rights activists that “it will have to study the implications for national security and enlist more support in Congress” before trying to overturn “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” The sources cited for this information are “people involved in the discussions” — in a word, …

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Women Comprise Bulk Of DADT Victims

Even though only 15-20% of military personnel are female, they comprise almost half of the ejections under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” The Army and Air Force discharged a disproportionate number of women in 2007 under the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that prohibits openly gay people from serving in the military, according to Pentagon statistics gathered by an advocacy group. …

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DADT Setback

The Federal Court of Appeals has issued a setback to the fight to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling that the military did not violate the constitutional rights of 12 gay and lesbian servicemembers when it discharged them. The First Circuit Court of Appeals, based in Boston, had been told that …

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HomoQuotable – Stephen Benjamin

“Mark Twain wrote in one of his journals that, ‘In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.’ Gays and lesbians who serve under the Ban are those patriots. The personal cost can be …

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