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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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....

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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:...

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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 Tell

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06/13/2007

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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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11/27/2006

Smart people ask court to consider legality of stupid policy

Arguing that "[i]f the 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy does not require careful and searching constitutional scrutiny, then the First