Good As You: Don't Ask Don't Tell Roundup
04/22/2010
The 6 names Joe Solmonese wants you to move on #DADT
At Michelangelo Signorile's "Path Forward" discussion, the HRC prez just gave these six senator's names as the ones to focus on in terms of the long overdue Don't Ask Don't Tell repeal: Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN) [(202) 224-5623] Sen. Scott...
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04/21/2010
Video: Ability for Log Cabin Republicans to enlist, at pace of Log Cabin Syrup
"The president has a process and proposal I think that he believes is the best way forward to seeing, again, the commitment he has made for many years to changing that law." Robert Gibbs: White House Will Wait Until Pentagon...
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04/20/2010
Liveblog: Another handcuffy WH protest?
Apparently six people, reportedly all veterans (one of whom may or may not be Lt. Dan Choi), have just handcuffed themselves to the White House Fence, in protest of Don't Ask Don't Tell. Developing... **12:09: Three men, three women. Yes,...
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Video: Gays yell, prez stays chill -- LGBT soldiers don't comment on either lest opinions become liabilities
Gay protesters interrupt Obama at California fundraiser for Barbara Boxer [LA Times]
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04/19/2010
Video: DADT protest from back when hashtags were #somethingyourclumsystonerfriendcaused
Long Beach Naval Station, 1975: *More info: StaffSergeantLeBlanc.com *RELATED:
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04/14/2010
Video: They laugh so as not to decry (for at least one second)
4/9/10: Southern Republican Leadership Conference: Oh these "values voters" just love those folksy zingers, don't they? Slap the knee, drink the TEA, screw over those who love differently from thee. Oh so charming, no? Although we do fully believe that...
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04/12/2010
Audio: Uncle Sam, meet Auntie Gay
Elaine Donelly's back on the job today, working for the sole purpose of making LGB people sound like a cancer that will metastasize through our armed forces until our national security is too weak and feeble to go on living,...
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04/06/2010
The more the price of a pound of turkey necks changes, the more flawed bans stay the same
Necks might cost more now. But not sticking one's neck out for what's right, regardless of price, is the more costly consumer choice. *More on Miriam Ben-Shalom [GLBTQ.com]
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03/26/2010
Audio: Or maybe just force gay soldiers to live in Hazmat suits?
Conway Concerned With Gays in Barracks [Military.com] (H/t: JMG)
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03/25/2010
Video: Don't tell Rachel not to ask -- she has important questions
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy **UPDATE: And now, the new rules: Pentagon Changes Rules for Discharging Gays [AP/NYT]
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03/19/2010
Hey TVC: At depths as low as yours, 'snorkeling' is not recommended
The far-right has got to stop saying "gay" when the person is in fact straight-identified! This from the Traditional Values Coalition: At [yesteday's] Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on overturning the misnamed “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy in the military,...
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Archive: The hearing where bold folks told heartfelt stories, Kathy Griffin called Saxby Chambliss 'cuckoo pants'
Several people have asked for an archived copy of yesterday's Armed Services Committee hearing on Don't Ask Don't Tell. Fortunately, the Senate has been nice enough to deliver: **SOURCE: Armed Services Committee Webcast (3-18-2010) [Senate.gov] (*"Cuckoo pants" moment happens at...
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03/18/2010
Video: Don't forget Jim Pietrangelo
**ALSO: HRC addresses their role in all this: "There’s been some confusion about Lt. Dan Choi’s role in the rally. As Joe Solmonese was walking to the stage, Lt. Choi asked Joe if he could have a speaking role. Joe...
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Choi, White House: A government fence vs. a government bar
1:20PM: Dan Choi is currently chained to the White House fence. Some folks (possibly Robin McGehee, though we're not sure) have been arrested. People are chanting for the repeal of DADT. And we know this is really going to shock...
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03/16/2010
Person actually qualified to speak on DADT does so
Another one's coming around: WASHINGTON — The four-star Army general who is managing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan says "the time has come" for the military to rethink its policy toward gays. [David] Petraeus: 'Time has come' to rethink...
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03/12/2010
Video: Lying is the DADT behavior that's really up for debate!
Standards regarding sexual behavior are in place in the armed forces. Neither a female nor a male soldier can schtoop anyone, anywhere they please. Is this going to change once Don't Ask Don't Tell is repealed? Sir, no, sir. But...
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03/09/2010
Swift Boat Veteran for Gay Truth
“We’re overdue to wipe away the last stain of legal discrimination in our Armed Services,” said Senator Kerry. “Gays and lesbians should not have to hide who they are to be able to serve their country. President Obama, Admiral Mullen,...
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03/05/2010
Anti-gays fight for DADT (Don't Accessorize, Don't Tie A Rainbow scarf) policy
If you want to know what kind of takeaway messages the far-right hopes to cultivate in the military fairness discussion, look no further than to the imagery that they're using to visually shun us. First is TVC, second is CWA:...
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Audio: Admiral Barber lays out Operation: Paint Gays as Diseased Perverts
Matt "the pro-family community's biggest liability" Barber has built his hyperbolic career around stigmatizing the LGBT community as sick, immoral, perverts. So even though Matt "I've never met a thesaurus that I wouldn't overuse for the purposes of ad hominem...
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03/03/2010
Video: By 'historic legislation,' we should mean 'over, done, in the books, got the t-shirt'
Lieberman Introduces Senate DADT Repeal Bill; House Hearing [Began Today] [HRC Back Story]
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02/23/2010
Video: In a time of culture war, we shouldn't be experimenting with inequality
We've already shown you HRC's three-minute highlight reel from the anti-military fairness press conference that Focus on the Family, Family Research Council, Concerned Women For America, and a whole host of other groups that exploit wholesome terms in the name...
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02/22/2010
G.I.s, Joe: Lieberman vs. (I-CT)reatment of gay troops
This from conservative gay writer James Kirchick: WASHINGTON - Just when you thought Joe Lieberman couldn't frustrate and perplex liberals any further, he is going off to become chief sponsor of the most significant piece of socially progressive legislation that...
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02/18/2010
Video: And now comes the part of #CPAC10 where brave soldiers are negligently diminished
VIDEO: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Supporters’ Press Conference at CPAC [HRC] **SEE ALSO: The "research" packs that were passed out at the event: (You'll have to zoom in -- bottom leftish) CMR DADT "research"
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Soldiers care about actual wars, not contrived cultural ones
Today, a group of conservatives will try their hardest to make military fairness a major controversy. Meanwhile, those who are actually risking life and limb for their country will focus on what truly matters: After Tuesday's question-and-answer session, [Chairman of...
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02/11/2010
Audio: 'Ask/Tell's most dishonorable discharges just might come from Pete's mouth
-An arrogant slamming of Europe. -The ridiculous suggestion that heterosexual soldiers will be the ones to be punished if a gay soldier makes an unwanted sexual advance. -The belief that Defense secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs of Staff chair...
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02/10/2010
Gillibrand's repeal plan: Will the good bomb the path to perfection?
Okay, so here's the sequence: Senator Gillibrand (D-NY) announced her plan to introduce an amendment to the budget that would bar funds from being used for the enforcement of Don't Ask Don't Tell Many LGBT people and allies applauded. Loudly:...
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Poll: Americans still resisting John McCain's ideas
Since the far-right just loves, loves, loves public opinion when it comes to marriage, then perhaps it's time they start acknowledging how out-of-touch they are with the public when it comes to Don't Ask Don't Tell repeal: Homosexuals should be...
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02/09/2010
To do: Chat with D. Choi and (D-NY)
Dan's been affected by it. Kirsten's bothered by it. And on Thursday, the two will join the Courage Campaign for a lil schmooze about the backwards military policy that neither of them can believe we're still having to even debate...
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Don't drop the soap (opera): Far-right's faux DADT dramas come up all wet
This from the American Family Association: Gays showering with straights? Absolutely. If President Obama, congressional Democrats, and homosexual activists get their wish, your son or daughter may be forced to share military showers and barracks with active and open homosexuals...
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02/08/2010
Procrast-this-nation: Palin plays the 'not right now' card
Because to the far right, justice delayed is apparently okay as long as its "just us" who are denied... Palin Says Congress Should Not Repeal DADT 'Right Now' [TP via YT] So let's get this straight: After decades of debating...
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02/06/2010
Frankly connecting the dots of bias
"[T]he argument that we should not repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" because we are in the midst of two wars is badly flawed. Ironically, the religious fundamentalist terrorists we are fighting generally agree with the defenders of this discriminatory policy...
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02/05/2010
Video: Ollie, Ollie: Oxen may be free, gay soldiers not so much
Oh how the anti-equality forces love the NAMBLA. It's like candy to bias-minded baby. That's because the anti-gays think it's our 'Nam. Only problem for them: The American public can see right through this tactic. Any truthful public official can...
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Audio: Pete's uncivil war: It's 'our side' vs 'teh gays™'
*SOURCE: Homosexual Activists Invest Millions to Overturn Military Service Ban [CWA] If aliens came to this planet and heard this conversation, they would swear a crew of undead zombies were traversing the land eating the brains and flesh of "the...
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02/03/2010
Video: Odd that anti-LGBTs harp on about army safety, since they're the ones shooting selves in feet
It's just ridiculous that our opposition even fronts and acts like they're defending Don't Ask Don't Tell. Because when they are willing to go on national television and say we gay folk should be criminalized (here) or call us an...
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Straight Colin Powell becoming gay Col.'s pal
“In the almost 17 years since the ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ legislation was passed, attitudes and circumstances have changed,” [General Colin Powell] said in a statement issued by his office. He added: “I fully support the new approach presented to...
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand: Pro-Choi Democrat
Senator Gillibrand and Lt. Choi [YT: MrCawGuy]
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Because we've done our own 'Family Research'
The Family Research Council has printed yet another piece criticizing Don't Ask Don't Tell repeal. So in order for us all to get a better understanding of this group, we have decided to print their remarks, in full. Though we...
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02/02/2010
Video: In which Peter Sprigg seeks our criminalization
Some of you probably thought the Family Research Council's Peter Sprigg reached his apex of offense when he said we should export gays from the U.S. We certainly did. Now we will learn that we underestimated him at our own...
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Goodwill, Hunted
According to numerous reports, Congressman Duncan Hunter (Very Far R-CA) was just on NPR, where, among other things, he cited "hermaphroditism" as a reason why we should not repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell, going to suggest that it was a...
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#RememberWhenWeHadThatChairmanWhoCalledUsImmoral?
A welcome tweet from @thejointstaff: @thejointstaff [Twitter] (H/t: Jason Linkins) Integrity is the new Hope. You heard it here first.
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Video: Your government demands that this man lie
Openly Gay Lieutenant Faces Discharge [CBS via YT] When talk turns to families. When discussions turn political. When the other men are cat-calling USO girls. When a soldier is injured and instinctively calls for the love of his or her...
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Live: 'Don't ask', you shall receive anyway (12PM EST)
When Armed Services Committee, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Michael Mullen testify today before the Senate Armed Services Committee (expected @ around 12PM EST), you will be able to watch it right here: **SOURCE:...
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Basically they want the Fox to eat pride flags on air
Daniel Zanoza from something called Republicans for Fair Media is all kinds of upset with Fox News, because he feels that the (ahem) "fair and balanced" network is becoming too liberal. Zanoza says the following about a recent Don't Ask...
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02/01/2010
'All About Eve (of historic DADT hearings)': Hillary's successor assumes plum role
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy [Don't Ask Don't Tell Story Project]
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Bias is apparently kosher: Don't Ask, Don't Kibbitz edition
Oh goodie, Yehuda Levin's back to once again blame gays for 9/11, Katrina, and now Haiti. This time via the armored vehicle that is Don't Ask Don't Tell: Elaine Donnelly sure finds support in extremist places. Interesting. But no, Elaine's...
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01/31/2010
Boehner: Sh*t happens, so why bother flushing what we can?
His view: "In the middle of two wars and in the middle of this giant security threat, why would we want to get into this debate [over Don't Ask Don't Tell]?" While at a time when Americans are asking 'where...
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01/28/2010
Audio: Because gays/pro-equality soldiers are apparently motherless lab rats
*Source: Penny Nance Reacts to the State of the Union [Concerned Women For America] Uh huh. And we're sure that when this current time of war is over, these folks are going to be all kinds of into experimentin'. Right?...
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Poll: If only reading 'WaPo' was a congressional requirement
An encouraging Washington Post poll: Don't ask, don't tell: Is Obama right to call for repeal? [WaPo] It's totally unscientific and there's a relatively small sample size. But it's still nice to see any gay rights matter coming down in...
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01/27/2010
SOTU 2010: SONICE or SOWHAT (or SOMEWHEREINBETWEEN)?
"Abroad, America's greatest source of strength has always been our ideals. The same is true at home. We find unity in our incredible diversity, drawing on the promise enshrined in our Constitution: the notion that we are all created equal,...
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Gillibrand, Shalikashvili: Lots of syllables, even more substance
Time to ask and tell, say John and Kirsten: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, January 27, 2010 IN MESSAGE TO PENTAGON LEADERSHIP, GILLIBRAND, FORMER JOINT CHIEFS CHAIRMAN SAY IT’S TIME TO REPEAL “DON’T ASK DON’T TELL” Top Military Leader Joins Broad,...
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