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Service Members Organization Tours Colorado Calling for Repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
DENVER, CO – A Wednesday reception in Denver is the first stop in a three city tour of Colorado communities organized by Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN), the nation’s only non-profit legal services and policy organization dedicated to ending “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” The organization’s visit is part of an initiative aimed at educating Coloradans about efforts to repeal the ban on military service by lesbian, gay and bisexual Americans. The Denver kick-off will be followed later this week by events in Boulder and Colorado Springs. ...Read More
Campaign for Repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Lands on the Vegas Strip
LAS VEGAS, NV – A reception at the Gay & Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada marks the midway point in a six city tour organized by Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) to highlight efforts to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” The tour, which takes SLDN executive director Aubrey Sarvis from San Diego to Palm Springs before making stops in Las Vegas, Denver, Boulder, and Colorado Springs, is an initiative aimed at educating Americans on the effort to lift the ban on lesbian, gay and bisexual service personnel. ...Read More
Campaign for Repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Launches from San Diego
SAN DIEGO, CA – A San Diego reception marks the beginning of a six city whistle-stop tour of communities in the Western U.S organized by Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) to highlight efforts to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” The tour, which takes SLDN executive director Aubrey Sarvis from San Diego to Palm Springs before making stops in Las Vegas, Denver, Boulder, and Colorado Springs , is an initiative aimed at educating Americans on efforts to lift the ban on lesbian, gay and bisexual service personnel. ...Read More
Military Continues Recruiting Serious Ex-Felons While Discharging Qualified Gay Service Members
WASHINGTON, DC – The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today released data showing a dramatic rise in the number of moral waivers issued to recruits joining the Army and Marine Corps. The number of waivers granted to recruits convicted of manslaughter, rape, kidnapping and making terrorist threats, doubled between 2006 and 2007. During that same time, the Pentagon continued discharging service members under the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law banning lesbian, gay and bisexual personnel from serving openly in the military. Pentagon officials released the data following a request for the information from Committee Chairman, Congressman Henry A. Waxman (D-CA). ...Read More
Former Reagan Assistant Secretary of Defense Testifies Before Congress—Calls for Repeal of “Don’t
WASHINGTON, DC – Lawrence J. Korb, Former Assistant Secretary of Defense under President Ronald Reagan, today urged Congress to repeal the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law banning lesbian, gay and bisexual personnel from serving openly in the military. Korb urged Congress to “get rid of outmoded social restrictions,” such as “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell,” and in written testimony called the ban on openly gay service members, “counterproductive to military readiness.” His remarks came before a joint hearing of the House Armed Services Air and Land Forces Subcommittee and the House Armed Services Readiness Subcommittee. The hearing was held to discuss the issue of readiness decline among our nation’s ground forces. ...Read More
Obama: I’ll End “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
Barack Obama said he's confident he could end the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy for gays in the military, but he won't make it a criteria for serving on the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Obama said ending the policy, which was instituted during Bill Clinton's administration, is something he could "reasonably" get done if elected. ...Read More
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