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By BEN NUCKOLS The Associated Press Thursday, July 15, 2010; 2:27 PM BALTIMORE — Banning a fundamentalist church from protesting homosexuality outside military funerals would have a chilling effect on free speech, according to briefs filed to the U.S. Supreme Court by an ideologically diverse group of supporters. Members of the Westboro Baptist Church in […] Pentagon Survey on DADT Incredibly Biased, Derogatory Survey Remains Safe for Gay, Lesbian Troop Participation FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 07/09/2010 Contact: Clint King — Ofc.: 202.349.3803 - cking@servicemembersunited.org Alex Nicholson — Ofc.: 202.349.1126 - anicholson@servicemembersunited.org WASHINGTON, D.C. — Servicemembers United, the nation’s largest organization of gay and lesbian troops and veterans, today strongly condemned the […] The Washington Post A gay rights group pushing for a repeal of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy is warning gay and lesbian service members not to participate in a Defense Department survey distributed this week to active-duty and reserve troops. The Pentagon is studying the potential impact of repealing the gay ban and on Wednesday […] Adm. Mike Mullen did not directly criticize a House vote on Friday that marked a step toward repealing the ban. But he said it would have been better for lawmakers to wait until the Pentagon completed its review of how to make the repeal work. That study, due in December, is based on a current survey of […] Led by Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona., Congressional Republicans are engaged in an all-out assault on legislation that would end the legal mandate for the military’s ban on openly gay troops. Still, repeal advocates say they expect to prevail, citing support from majorities in the House and Senate, and the overwhelming support of the American public. […] In a dramatic development that makes prospects for a congressional vote on repealing the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy significantly more likely in the Pentagon budget authorization bill currently under consideration, the White House has given its blessing to a compromise amendment by Senator Joseph Lieberman, a Connecticut Independent Democrat, laying out a path to ending the 17-year-old ban […] Pushing for DADT repeal, a group of gay and lesbian veterans meet with members of the Pentagon working group that is considering how to implement such a repeal by Chris Geidner He said he was there “to help to secure jobs for people who want to serve our country.” Despite having been “discharged twice under ‘Don’t […] Gay leaders may have sought a ”game change,” but Friday’s flurry of activity left the strategy and tactics of DADT repeal unclear. On Friday afternoon, April 30, at a little past 4 p.m., the Associated Press’s Anne Flaherty posted a brief story that the secretary of defense opposed legislative action on the ”Don’t Ask, Don’t […] Advocates for ending Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell hit back hard, saying Obama deals “devastating blow“ BY PAUL SCHINDLER gaycitynews.com May 1, 2009 An April 30 letter to Congress from top Pentagon brass pushing to forestall a vote on ending the military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy unleashed an unusual Friday evening flurry of press statements –– […] The New York Times By ELISABETH BUMILLER Published: March 3, 2010 WASHINGTON — Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, independent of Connecticut, introduced a bill on Wednesday to repeal the ban on openly gay service members in the military, but at a hearing later in the day Republican lawmakers questioned why lifting the ban was necessary. Mr. Lieberman […] |
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