British PM Calls Out DADT
Last night, Britain’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown criticized DADT while praising the service of LGBT patriots in his country – who are allowed to serve openly:
“You are the pride of our country and we thank you very much. We know this debate continues in America today. I would say to people who still favour ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’, look at our experience in Britain.”
Indeed, the transition of Great Britain’s military to open service was a virtual non-event, as has been the case been in Israel, Australia and the 25 other countries that allow gays and lesbians to serve openly. So much for predictions of disruption to unit cohesion.
With the President and more of our military top brass supporting repeal, the wall of support for DADT is beginning to crumble. And with the right leadership, it is only a matter of time before our country’s laws honor the service and sacrifice of all patriots who defend freedom every day.
02-25-10 By Paul DeMiglio, Senior Communications Manager |
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Comments for this entry are closed.Bill on February 25, 2010 at 05.12 pm
Thanks Prime Minister Brown. Sadly, however, in the battle to end DADT, team Conway/McCain may trump team Obama/Mullen/Levin/(Brown). I don’t know if Conway or McCain suffer from inertia, ignorance, bigotry or political cowardice, but it is clear they don’t want sexual orientation equality in our military and will fight change to the (metaphorical) death. One of the talking heads on TV last weekend pointed out that proponents of ending DADT greatly outnumber opponents, but that the opponents are, on average, far more vocal and vehement. Opponents know additionally that the 65,000 gay service persons must remain silent in the discussion, or they will be fired. The current strategy of opponents of ending DADT seems to be denial by delay using endless unnecessary study and the hope for a more conservative Congress after November. DADT can and should be ended 2010 via the defense authorization bill if only reasonable elected officials have the courage to do what is right.