Dont Ask Dont Tell

Time for Action

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 12.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Melissa Etheridge, Don't Ask Don't Tell, US Military, Human Rights Report, Department of Defense, Proposition 8, President Obama, Rick Warren, H.R. 1246, Army Recruitment, Frank Rich, Carl Levin, Barack Obama, State Department, President Clinton, Politics News
Aubrey Sarvis

Obama has long been a supporter of lifting "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," but since the election, fairness, justice, and civil rights for the LGBT community seems to be delayed.

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Is Rick Warren Beyond The Pale?

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Misogyny, Church, Proposition 8, Beyond the Pale, The Pale, Obama, Gay, Pastor, Civil Unions, William White, Barack Obama, Invitation, Warren, Clinton, Dadt, Gay Rights, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Chris Weigant, Secretary of the Navy, Inauguration, Rick Warren, Saddleback, Purpose Driven Life, Racism, Defense of Marriage Act, Doma, Gay Marriage, Invocation, Politics News
Chris Weigant

While I understand the anger from the gay-rights community over the Warren issue, I myself am waiting to see some solid results from Obama before judging him.

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Dems Won't Move On "Don't Ask Don't Tell" Very Soon

Talking Points Memo | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics

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It looks like the Democrats won't be moving quickly on one particular issue that is favored by many in the party base, Roll Call reports: Repealing "D...

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Openly Gay Man Backed For Obama Navy Secretary

Washington Times | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Dont Ask Dont Tell, William White Navy, President Obama, Obama's Cabinet, Obama Navy Secretary, Obama Transition, Obama Cabinet, William White, William Navy, Dont Ask Dont Tell, Obama William White, Politics News

Some top retired military leaders and some Democrats in Congress are backing William White, chief operating officer of the Intrepid Museum Foundation,...

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Colin Powell a Reformed Sinner?

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gays in the Military, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Colin Powell Endorses Obama, Homosexuality, Military, Gay Rights, Colin Powell, Sexual Orientation, Colin Powell Obama, Gay, Repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell, Politics News
Emma Ruby-Sachs

The radical shift in Powell's stance on LGBT issues should not give him a carte blanche. As chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Powell justified homophobia as a simple objection to a behavioral choice.

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Colin Powell On Don't Ask, Don't Tell: "We Should Definitely Re-Evaluate It" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 12.14.2008 | Politics

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Colin Powell appeared on Fareed Zakaria's CNN how, the "Global Public Square." During a wide-ranging interview, Zakaria brought up the policy of "Don...

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Baby Steps -- and Big Questions -- for General Colin Powell

Steve Ralls | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gays in the Military, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gay Rights, Colin Powell, John Shalikashvili, Politics News
Steve Ralls

In answering inquiries about the military's ban, General Powell has raised more questions than he has offered answers about where he stands on the issue of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."

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Colin Powell Slams Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh: "Nothing Wrong With My Value System" (VIDEO)

HuffPost/ThinkProgess.com | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics

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Former Secretary of State Colin Powell took aim at Sarah Palin and the Republican party's emphasis on small-town values during an interview with CNN's...

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On 'A Day Without A Gay': Arizona GLBT Community Organizes, Strategizes

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 12.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Arizona Proposition 102, Jason Cianciotto, Ken Jacobs, California Prop 8, Arizona GLBT Community, Day Without a Gay, Wingspan, Politics News
Marlene H. Phillips

December 10 is International Human Rights Day. But this year, in response to the passage of anti gay marriage initiatives in three states this past November, it's taken on an added dimension.

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Don't Tell, But the Military Is Now Recruiting Foreigners

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, Bush Administration, Dennis Baron, Department of Defense, Blackwater, Halliburton, Bob Gates, Civilian Contractors, Enlistment Bonuses, Enlisting Felons, Military Recruiting, Border Fence, Translators, Major Margaret Witt, Politics News
Aubrey Sarvis

Foreigners on student or work visas are probably at least as good a bet as the serious felons the armed forces have been reduced to chasing after. Provided they're straight, of course.

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A Turning Legal Tide Calls "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Into Question

Steve Ralls | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Gays in the Military, Gays in the Military, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gay Rights, Margaret Witt, Repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell, Ninth Circuit, Politics News
Steve Ralls

The federal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law that prohibits lesbian, gay and bisexual Americans from serving openly in the armed forces has suffered anothe...

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Ranking the Issues: Gay Rights in an Economic Crisis

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gays in the Military, Don't Ask Don't Tell, California Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Ban on Gay Marriages, Cars, Obama Economy, Gay, Health Care, Gay Marriage, Defense of Marriage Act, Gay Issues, Barack Obama, Politics News
Emma Ruby-Sachs

Because gay civil rights struggles affect fewer individuals, it's hard to justify putting them at the top of the list. The alternative is to reject the ranked priorities political model altogether.

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Obama and the End of the Military's Ban on Gays

John Ridley | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Dadt, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gays in the Military, Obama Gays in the Military, Obama Gay Rights, Military, Ellen Tauscher, Politics News
John Ridley

While this will not be an easy fight, it also won't likely be a return to the belabored hearings of the Clinton presidency which produced the Bizarro World Don't Ask, Don't Tell non-policy of not asking what nobody's saying.

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Obama's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Repeal To Be Delayed, Report

Washington Times | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Homosexuality, US Military, Army, Gay Rights, President Obama, Politics News

President-elect Barack Obama will not move for months, and perhaps not until 2010, to ask Congress to end the military's decades-old ban on open homos...

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This Time, Hear All Opinions on Gay Troops Issue

Nathaniel Frank | Posted 11.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gays in the Military, Bill Clinton, John McCain, Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Barack Obama, Politics News
Nathaniel Frank

Yesterday a document was released that was signed by over one hundred retired generals and admirals calling for repeal of the gay ban.

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10 Questions That Should Have Been Asked of Powell...

Richard Grenell | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Wmd, Iraq, Department of State, Richard Grenell, Powell, 2008 Election, Politics News
Richard Grenell

Why did you wait for the last 16 days of the general election to speak out if you were truly troubled about "your party's direction"?

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A Letter to General Powell

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gays in the Military, Obama, Colin Powell, Muslim Soldier, Politics News
Aubrey Sarvis

General Powell, is there is something wrong with a gay kid dreaming he or she could one day be a soldier in the Army of the United States?

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What Will Powell's Endorsement Mean for "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and Military Families?

Steve Ralls | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, John McCain, LGBT Issues, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Colin Powell, Jim Kolbe, Christopher Shays, LGBT Families, Barack Obama, Colin Powell Endorses Obama, Politics News
Steve Ralls

Powell has endorsed a candidate that has consistently said he favors repealing the law. Is he now ready to say the day has arrived when lifting Don't Ask Don't Tell makes good sense?

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Religious Right Trolls "Horror Stories" to Oppose Gay Troops

Nathaniel Frank | Posted 10.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Unfriendly Fire, Palm Center, Religion, Karl Rove, Conservative, Culture War, Military, Gay, Gay Ban Military, Social Conservatives, General John Shalikashvili, Christian Right, Colleen Holmes, John Hutson, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Homosexuality Military, Will and Grace Effect, Elaine Donnelly Dont Ask Dont Tell, Politics News
Nathaniel Frank

I set out to learn if reason or prejudice was behind the gay ban in the military.

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Candidates' Silence On Gay Marriage Shows A Growing Acceptance Of It

Charlotte Robinson | Posted 10.01.2008 | Home

Read More: California, Joe Biden, Straight, Gay, Civil Unions, Lgbt, Don't Ask Don't Tell, California Gay Marriage, Barack Obama, California Supreme Court, Sarah Palin, LGBT Rights, Election 2008, Massachusetts, John McCain, Gay Marriage, Glad, Home News
Charlotte Robinson

Below is an interview with Lee Swislow, the executive director of Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders. GLAD, a 30-year-old organization, is probab...

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Right-Wing Activists Plan Private D.C. Briefing on Gays in the Military

Steve Ralls | Posted 09.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gays in the Military, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Elaine Donnelly, Congress, Center for Military Readiness, Pflag, Politics News
Steve Ralls

The event, outlined in a letter obtained exclusively by PFLAG, is described as "a private, off-the-record briefing" to strategize about how to battle efforts to repeal t "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."

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More Sound, Less Fury in Oxford Today

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Mississippi Strategy, Glbt, Congress, Crawford Texas, National Security, Haley Barbour, Ole Miss, Financial Crisis, Mccain, Obama, Straight-Gay Alliance, President Bush, Presidential Debates, Oxford, Politics News
Aubrey Sarvis

Now that the debate is settled, can we get serious? Could we please have a national conversation with substance?

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Ole Miss, New Miss, the Money Melt and the Cost of DADT

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 09.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gay Straight Alliance, Financial Meltdown, Ole Miss, Governor Ross Barnett, James Meredith, Admiral Jamie Barnett, Civil Rights, Cost, Integration, Politics News
Aubrey Sarvis

Why are we engaging in these absurd practices when our troops are exhausted, overextended, and deployed again and again after their tours have ended?

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What the Media Missed in a Plan for Repeal

Steve Ralls | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Associated Press, Gays in the Military, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Philadelphia Inquirer, John McCain, Civil Rights, Barack Obama, Politics News
Steve Ralls

Anyone who read the headlines this week about Senator Barack Obama's support for ending the federal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" ban on lesbian, gay and bi...

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Requiem for Gay Political Power

Karen Ocamb | Posted 09.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Convention, HIV/AIDS, LGBT Politics, Tobias Wolfe, Gay Rights, Democratic National Convention, SLDN Bill Clinton, Bob Hattoy, David Mixner, Jeremy Bernard, Barack Obama, Gay Marriage, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Obama LGBT, Politics News
Karen Ocamb

The historic Democratic National Convention is over but one question remains: what the hell happened to the gays?

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