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Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Gains Momentum: Coalition Urges Senate to Pass Bipartisan Repeal

Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Gains Momentum

Coalition urges Senate to pass bipartisan repeal legislation 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
12/15/2010

Contact:
CAPAF: Winnie Stachelberg | wstachelberg@americanprogress.org | 202-481-7152
HRC: Fred Sainz | fred.sainz@hrc.org | 858-442-8914
LCR: Melissa Kennedy | mkennedy@lobcabin.org | 610-731-3998
Stonewall Democrats: Linsey Pecikonis | lpecikonis@stonewalldemocrats.org | 202-746-8426
SLDN: Trevor Thomas | trevor@sldn.org | 616-430-2030
SU: Jarrod Chlapowski | jchlapowski@servicemembersunited.org | 252-721-8152
Third Way: Jill Pike | jpike@thirdway.org | 202-384-1708

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Center for American Progress Action Fund, Human Rights Campaign, Log Cabin Republicans, Stonewall Democrats, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, Servicemembers United, and Third Way released the following joint statement on the passage of a bill repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell in the House of Representatives:

“Today’s vote by the House of Representatives provides another resounding indication that Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell can and should be repealed legislatively this year. With this second vote in favor of repeal, the House joins our top military leaders, a super-majority of Americans, the President, and a 60-vote majority in the Senate in agreeing that it is time to give the Pentagon the power to carry out its carefully crafted plans for ending Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. With the Pentagon Working Group report in hand and the Secretary of Defense pleading for Congressional action, there is no more time for excuses—the Senate must follow the lead of the House and pass the bipartisan repeal legislation championed by Senators Lieberman and Collins before the end of the 111th Congress.”

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