Good As You: Don't Ask Don't Tell
04/16/2008
Former Reaganite wants gays in camo
Lawrence J. Korb, who served as Assistant Secretary of Defense under Ronald Reagan, testified today before a joint hearing of the House Armed Services Air and Land Forces Subcommittee and the House Armed Services Readiness Subcommittee, whereupon he took the...04/01/2008
Video: Straight shooter tackles non-straight counterparts
We could do without the obvious queer discomfort and the superfluous "f**ks." However, this young hetero dude does basically have the right idea: It's funny how he starts out by saying the matter's complicated, but then as he talks about...03/27/2008
Video: Grill Bill: Vol. 2
Earlier this week, we showed you a clip in which a combative Bill Clinton and a refreshingly strong-willed group of young reporters discussed, among other things, the former prez's widely-considered-to-be-gay-unfriendly stance on the Defense of Marriage Act. And now, the...02/15/2008
It's tough when all your arguments rely on bias
Ya know, we sometimes have a tough time telling whether our opposition is making a case for their side or our own. To see what we mean, check out the following passage that was given to the National Review Online...01/22/2008
Gay seamen discharged? Tony will eat it up!
In the latest edition of the Family Research Council's "Washington Update," Tony Perkins (or his ghostwriter) says the following about those gays who wish to serve their country (highlighting is ours): Today's Washington Times features a front-page story (link) on...01/16/2008
Video: The wrong song on 'Solomon'
You know what was really annoying about last night's Democratic debate? The part where they unequivocally agreed that colleges that colleges who don't allo military recruiters on campus should lose their federal funding, yet completely ignored the reason why the...01/04/2008
What about us? You know, the ones affected?
When those who oppose gay rights measures make their arguments, there is a common theme that tends to unite them. That is: They almost never consider the situation from the viewpoint of the LGBT people whose lives are truly affected...12/14/2007
Bias soldiers on; we try and defuse the verbal grenades
I don't know but I've been told I don't know but I've been told That some Military.com readers are disturbingly bold That some Military.com readers are disiurbingly bold John from Average Gay Joe just tipped us off John from Average...11/30/2007
Concerned Women: Annotated
The Concerned Women For America just issued a release regarding this weekend's ceremony honoring those who've been discharged under the military's misguided "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. We've made a few editorial notes: (Click for full view) “Gay” Activists to...Video: The human face of an inhumane policy
As we told you earlier this week, five national groups are joining forces this weekend to honor the 12,000+ soldiers that have been discharged under the military's flawed "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. One of those groups, HRC, has posted...11/29/2007
Video: They use words like this, and WE'RE the ones who aren't supposed to 'tell'?!
From last night's Republican debate: You know, it would be so much more efficient if they would just admit that they don;t consider gay people deserving of equal footing. Because let's be honest -- that's what they're saying in their...11/27/2007
DADT: Fourteen years older yet none the wiser
Beginning Friday, the 14th anniversary of the miltary's disturbingly short-sighted "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, the Human Rights Campaign, Servicemembers United, Log Cabin Republicans, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network and Liberty Education Forum will join forces to host a three-day tribute...10/23/2007
5 more for gays in combat boots
Five more Democratic House members -- Representatives Al Green (D-TX), Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL), Ron Klein (D-FL), Patrick J. Murphy (D-PA) and Mike Thompson (D-CA) -- have signed on to the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"-repealing Military Readiness Enhancement Act (H.R....10/02/2007
Do Ask, Do Tell @ Yale
For the first year in recent memory, Yale Law School was yesterday forced to either allow the military to attend their employer interview program or lose federal funds (due to a recent appelate court ruling that was itself based on...08/08/2007
Video: Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Seem Too Gay Vague?
From last night's edition of Washington D.C.'s Fox 5 News: Geez! What next, is this guy... ...gonna be booted for for pointing finger too closely in the direction of the Castro, while those who call him a "faggot" for doing...08/01/2007
Mullen not keeping up 'Pace'?
Yesterday during a confirmation hearing with members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Admiral Michael Mullen, Bush’s nominee to succeed General Pace as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, indicated that he thinks that Congressional debate regarding the military's...06/28/2007
But in fairness to Ms. D, it must be tough defending the indefensible
Responding to the news that the National Organization for Women has endorsed a repeal of the extremely flawed, extremely mean-spirited Don't Ask Don't Tell military policy, professional gay ban supporter Elaine Donnelly has this to say to One News Now:...06/18/2007
How to say 'lift the ban' in Arabic? Well, we'll 'tell' you who you can 'ask'!
As if we even need more reasons to repeal DADT: LIFT THE BAN!! [SLDN/Lift the Ban] (click above link to sign petition) Technorati Tags: Don't Ask, Don't Tell06/13/2007
Barr on barring gay soldiers
So say you are an ultra-conservative who authored the extremely gay-unfriendly Defense of Marriage Act, are staunchly opposed to gays being compared to other minority classes, and frequently use words like "homosexual agenda" to describe gay rights measures. How do...06/06/2007
Video: Do Ask (Them Why), Do Tell (Them That They're Wrong)!
As you've probably already heard, last night at the Republican debate, not one of the GOP presidential hopefuls expressed any interest in repealing the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. Well, in reaction to that offensive support of flawed, discriminatory...05/22/2007
Out like a Knight
Jason Knight, the openly gay Naval petty officer who was discharged under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" but then mysteriously reinstated to active duty, has been officially discharged from the U.S. armed forces once again. Steve Ralls of the Servicemembers Legal...05/15/2007
Georgia peanut farmer to Congress: Do ask!
One of the two Democratic presidents to hold office in recent memory has called on Congress to revisit a ban that was initiated by the other. Yes, in a letter to the the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN), former president...05/09/2007
Voice for gay soldiers to march away from the Hill
Rep. Marty Meehan, the Democratic congressman who has for the past two years sponsored legislation to repeal the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy, has announced that he is resigning from Congress to take a position at the University of...05/03/2007
McCain thinks we're a McBane on military fitness
The Servicemembers Legal Defense Fund has revealed that Senator and presidential candidate John McCain has written a letter to their organization, wherein he states that the Don't Ask, Don't Tell ban on openly gay soldiers "unambiguously maintains that open homosexuality...04/23/2007
Hill: Not yet with us on marriage fight, with us on literal battle
During a campaign stop at Iowa's Luther College, Hillary Clinton once again voiced her support for overturning the Don't Ask, Don't Tell military ban that was initiated during her husband's first year in office. H. Clinton borrowed a line from...04/04/2007
Master of botched policies commends inherited one
At a press conference yesterday, Prez Bush said he believes that the Don't Ask/Don't Tell ban on openly gay soldiers is a "good policy." Now, if uttered by most sitting Presidents, this comment would both annoy and enrage us. However,...
03/19/2007
Social change vs. anti-social ban
In an article wherein they defend the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy of gay exclusion and refute the legitimacy of legislation designed to repeal the ban, BP News quotes Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary's Craig Mitchell (pic.) as saying of...
03/15/2007
Hillary and Barack ease back into our good graces
So yesterday we told you how both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama seemed reluctant to defend the morality of gays. Well, this morning Americablog reported that the Human Rights Campaign was less than happy with the two and that the...
03/14/2007
Barber sticks with insensitive Pace
Calling the Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman's words "refreshing and candid truths," the Concerned Women For America's male spokesman, Matt Barber, has this to say regarding General Pace's gay-unfriendly comments and those who have spoken out against them: It is...
03/13/2007
Report: Rudy not asking or telling about DADT
According to the New York Observer's Politicker blog, GOP presidential frontrunner Rudy Giuliani is remaining coy about his support or lack thereof for the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. The Observer's Jason Horowitz quotes an emailed response he received...
Video: Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Film
From YouTube user CarolineRF (audio a little spotty in places): Hmm...you're "tired of the games," anonymous recruiter? Well, you know what game we're sick of? The non-stop game of "smear the queer" that this country keeps playing with our right...
03/12/2007
Though despite tedious Pace, DADT will still surely fall
"I believe homosexual acts between two individuals are immoral and that we should not condone immoral acts...," ... "I do not believe the United States is well served by a policy that says it is okay to be immoral in...
03/08/2007
Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Argue Within Earshot of This Writer
Yesterday in Boston, the First Circuit heard oral arguments from a dozen gay veterans who were discharged from the military because of their sexual orientation. The vets are asking the federal appeals court to reverse a lower court ruling from...
02/28/2007
Purple Heart recipient comes out, speaks out
Eric Alva, the first American wounded in the war in Iraq, has come out of the closet and is working with the Human Rights Campaign to protest the military's "Don't Ask Don't Tell" ban on openly gay soldiers. Inspiring. Alva...
D-Day for DADT repeal bill
Rep. Marty Meehan will today officially introduce his legislation to repeal the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. In a related story, we will today break our old GI Joe toys out of the closet, then try and help out...
02/23/2007
Allowing bi soldiers? It's a bipartisan affair!
Republican Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (pic.) has announced that she'll once again serve as a co-sponsor of Rep. Marty Meehan's The Military Readiness Enhancement Act, a bill designed to repeal the armed force's "don't ask, don't tell" policy. Seems she finds...02/22/2007
Meehan to again go to bat for G.I. Joe/Joe
At a press conference next Wednesday (Feb. 28), Representative Marty Meehan will once again introduce The Military Readiness Enhancement Act, a bill designed to repeal the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” ban on lesbian, gay and bisexual military personnel. The...02/13/2007
Donnelly continues making soon-to-be-moot arguments
Elaine Donnelly, the Center For Military Readiness president whose primary job seems to be justifying anti-gay sentiment, is lashing out against NY congressman Gary Ackerman (pic.) for jokingly suggesting that the Bush administration may fear a "platoon of lesbians" more...02/02/2007
Not gonna camouflage our desire: We'll ask, we'll tell, we'll scream, and we'll yell
Elaine Donnelly, the anti-"queer soldier" advocate who has sort of made a career out of defending the military's gay-unfriendly policy, is today lashing out against those who plan to challenge the ban in court. However, if comments like the following...01/11/2007
Barber on omelettes, exploding brains, and flawed military policy
In a condemnation of liberals' attempts to repeal that flawed, offensive policy known as Don't Ask, Don't Tell, the Concerned Women For America's J. Matt Barber says today: Liberals in Washington are very vocal in opposition to the president's planned...01/05/2007
He told, they're asking: Retired leaders question Shalikashvilli's motives
Claiming that gay activists may be trying to take advantage of him as he recovers from a stroke, retired Army Lt. Col. Bob Maginnis (the same Bob Maginnis who once served as the vice president of policy for the vehemently...01/02/2007
His name is hard to spell but his ideas are crystal clear
In an Op-ed published in some small local publication called The New York Times, John Shalikashvili (pic.), former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ('93-'97), has renounced his support for the military's ban on openly gay soldiers, now calling...
12/28/2006
Meehan to give fairness another go-round
Rep. Marty Meehan has announced that he will again introduce his "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"-repealing Military Readiness Enhancement Act in the 2007 Congressional session. Though should it fail again this year, we hear he'll stop beating around the bush and...
12/04/2006
Hey, Ms. D: Public opinion actually includes the WHOLE public!
Elaine Donnelly (pic.), who has sort of made a career in recent years as the goto person for defending anti-gay military policy, says to Agape Press about the possibility that a Democrat-led Congress will repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell": "I...