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Hold Obama to His Promise to End "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
Joan Darrah, Retired Navy Captain and LGBT Activist, wrote:
As a retired Navy Captain and lesbian American, I know from firsthand experience that “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” is blatant employment discrimination.
On September 11, 2001, I left a meeting at the Pentagon just minutes before Flight #77 hit and seven of my co-workers were killed. My partner, Lynne, would have been one of the last to know if something had happened to me that day. My livelihood depended on my pretending our relationship didn’t exist – there was no possible way she could have been listed as my emergency contact.
Every day, on average, two dedicated, hard working, and patriotic Americans are thrown out of our military simply for being gay. President Obama promised to repeal this law, and now is the time for us to hold him to his promise.
As you read this, the president is preparing to send his military budget to Capitol Hill. With a stroke of his pen he could include a repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” in that must-pass bill.
TAKE ACTION: Please ask President Obama to repeal “Don’t Ask Don’t ...”
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Comment by Ron Teeter on February 8, 2010 at 11:45am -
I had grown very angry and disillusioned about the lack of movement on this issue over the past year, so the past week or so has been a welcome change. Although I am still skeptical that the power structure will move effectively to dump this miserable policy (i.e., foot dragging, excuses), it does appear that fewer and fewer are willing to defend the indefensible. I'm proud to say that my employer, American Psychological Association, just released a statement calling for an immediate end to "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
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Comment by June Herold on January 27, 2010 at 6:43am -
Thanks very much Laura for pointing this out.
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Comment by Bill Fogarty on January 26, 2010 at 9:30pm -
Thanks for passing this along, Laura. Send a message to Obama, everyone! And if you go into that website, you will see that UUA has large Standing On The Side of Love banners for sale --- why don't we get one (4' by 12') to plaster on the wall at the end of the ramp????
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