Tag Archives: DADT

Elaine Donnelly Has The Sadz

“Even though Congress made it very clear and it’s in the legislation that they intended the Defense of Marriage Act to be respected and honored on military bases, several times now the administration has allowed various branches of the service to disregard that. This is the most blatant example. I think West Point is going to disappoint many of its …

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West Point Hosts First Gay Wedding

A West Point graduate got married today in the first same-sex wedding ever held on the legendary military academy’s campus. Penelope Gnesin and Brenda Sue Fulton, a West Point graduate, exchanged vows in the regal church in a ceremony conducted by a senior Army chaplain. The ceremony comes a little more than a year after President Obama ended the military …

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Trans Woman To Head Gay Military Group

Transgender activist and former Human Rights Campaign staffer Allyson Robinson has been named as the head of the recently merged OutServe-SLDN. Chris Geidner reports at Buzzfeed: [H]er selection represents a huge breakthrough for a community that has received a level of respect in recent years but still faces overwhelming discrimination and high rates of violence, according to recent surveys by …

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Porno Pete: I’m Pissed At Ryan Over DADT

“Has the USA, which professes to be ‘under God,’ sunk so far and so fast that the societal outrage that greeted a major liberal social-sexual experiment and propelled a GOP landslide less than two decades ago is now just a quaint memory of past prudery and ‘prejudice’? A nation in which sexual perversion is a ‘non-issue’ is a nation in precipitous moral …

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SC Christian Group Calls For Soldiers To Abandon “Obama’s Sodomite Army”

An email from South Carolina’s Columbia Christians: The time is here for Christian men (and to our even further disgrace) Christian women, who are still members of the Pro-Sodomite U.S. Armed Forces, IAW the Word of God, to separate from the increasingly anti-Christ, anti-Biblical, wicked culture of the U.S. Military, which by Federal Law passed by the U.S. Congress, and …

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Paul Ryan: DADT Is Behind Us

“Now that it’s done, we should not reverse it. I think that would be a step in the wrong direction because people have already disclosed themselves. I talked to a lot of good friends of mine who are combat leaders in the theater and they just didn’t think the timing of this was right to do this when our troops …

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Tony Perkins: OK The DADT Repeal Hasn’t Been Bad, But Just You Wait 20 Years

“Has America’s military completely collapsed in the first year after repeal? Of course not–our service members are too professional to let that to happen. But these challenges are only a non-story because the media won’t tell the story. We need only look at no-fault divorce in the 1970s to recognize that radical shifts in public policy take decades to fully …

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Obama On DADT Anniversary

Via press release from the White House: A year ago today, we upheld the fundamental American values of fairness and equality by finally and formally repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” Gay and lesbian Americans now no longer need to hide who they love in order to serve the country they love. It is a testament to the professionalism of our …

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Help! They’re Being Oppressed! Again!

Elaine Donnelly is still quivering with rage over something that happened five months ago.

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GOP Rep. Jim Jordan: If Romney Wins We’re Going To Try To Reinstate DADT

Think Progress reports: A leading House Republican wants to re-instate the military’s former ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy if his party takes control in November. In an interview with ThinkProgress at the Values Voters Summit on Friday, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) said he “certainly” supports “going back to the previous policy” of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. He left open the …

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Help! They’re Being Oppressed!

Last week’s study that the repeal of DADT has had zero negative impact on “unit cohesion, morale, and retention” was nothing but lies!

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Photo Of The Day

Matt Stopera has the caption: “Ricky Watson of Littleton, Colorado wipes tears from his eyes after he thanked U.S. President Barack Obama for repealing ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ at a campaign rally in Golden, Colorado. Watson was kicked out of the Air Force 25 years ago for being gay.”

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GOP Introduces Senate Bill To Ban Same-Sex Weddings On Military Bases

Two GOP Senators yesterday introduced a bill than would ban military bases from hosting same-sex weddings. U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe hasn’t given up his resistance to the acceptance of gays and lesbians in the military or same-sex marriage. On Tuesday, Inhofe and fellow Republican Roger Wicker of Mississippi introduced a measure that would ban same-sex marriages on military bases and …

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New Study: No Effect From DADT Repeal

A newly-published study by the Palm Center reveals no negative impact on “military readiness, unit cohesion, recruitment, retention or morale” from the repeal of DADT. The authors of the study, who included professors at U.S. Military Academy, U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Air Force Academy and U.S. Marine Corps War College, arrived at this conclusion after soliciting the views of 553 …

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USMC Commandant: I’m Not Seeing Any Problems Since The Repeal Of DADT

The Commandant of the Marine Corps says that he’s not heard of any problems related to the repeal of DADT. Michael Lavers reports at the Washington Blade: “I don’t think there is a problem,” said Commandant Gen. James Amos during a National Press Club luncheon in downtown Washington. “I don’t see it. I don’t hear about it.” [snip] “We obey …

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GOP Platform On Military Slams “Social Experimentation” On LGBT Rights

FRC president Tony Perkins engineered the GOP plank against same-sex marriage. And now it appears that the detestable Elaine Donnelly had a hand in the plank about gays in the military. President Obama’s expansion of gay rights in the military, including on-base same sex marriage and wearing uniforms in gay pride parades, would be radically yanked back in a Mitt …

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ACLU Denounces Paul Ryan

This morning the ACLU sent out a blistering denouncement of Rep. Paul Ryan’s track record on LGBT rights and civil liberties. Via press release: In response to Mitt Romney’s announcement of his vice presidential pick of Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), the American Civil Liberties Union Liberty Watch 2012 campaign this morning released a brief report that reveals an appalling civil …

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Meet Your First Out U.S. General

Servicemembers Legal Defense Network reports the big news via press release: Former Army Colonel Tammy Smith has become the first openly gay flag officer to come out while currently serving in the U.S. military. She was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General in a private ceremony which took place today at the Women’s Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery. BG …

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GOP Complains About San Diego Pride

Members of the GOP are furious about the Pentagon’s one-time exception that allowed members of the military to march in full uniform during Saturday’s gay pride parade in San Diego. As I noted at the time, the Department of Defense has a long-standing rule against wearing uniforms at any civilian event. Congressional Republicans challenged Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Tuesday …

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