Donnelly: Attack DoD & Rename DA, DT
Elaine Donnelly of the Center for Military Readiness has just posted some new 'facts' about "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" on her website. This time, though, she isn't just attacking SLDN and other repeal advocates . . . she's actually blaming the Department of Defense for being too lenient on the issue of gay service personnel!
"Activist groups and the Department of Defense should stop misleading young people about their eligibility to serve in the military," Elaine writes.
Apparently, in Elaine's world, the DoD is encouraging gays to enlist!
But wait, there's more. Elaine also wants "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" renamed the "Military Personnel Eligibility Act." She writes that "Describing the law as 'Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell' effectively slanders the statute," essentially advocating a return to 'Asking' and an even more restrictive ban on 'Telling.'
What does all of Elaine's new ranting, and her stepped up pressure on the Bush administration, mean? Simply put: She knows, despite her woefully out of touch world view, that the days of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" are numbered. The pieces are falling into place for repeal, and anti-gay groups are frantically trying to stop the momentum.
As we move closer and closer to repeal, people like Donnelly and others will begin to aggressively push their anti-gay agenda, even at the risk of denying the military they claim to love the opportunity to recruit qualified Americans for service.
This isn't the last of Elaine's stepped up vitrol that we're going to hear, but it is an early sign that we're closer than ever to lifting the ban.
Labels: elaine donnelly
07-03-07
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Comments for this entry are closed.OYE on December 31, 1969 at 02.00 pm
If Elaine Donnelly really wanted to keep our military all-heterosexual, then the Center for Military Readiness would at least be encouraging heterosexuals to Be A Man! Enlist!<BR><BR>She hasn’t. Not at all. Nowhere on the CMR website is there even a press statement calling on heterosexuals to volunteer for military service.<BR><BR>Operation Yellow Elephant
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