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Today, A Step Forward – DADT Repeal Set to Pass
After passing a final procedural hurdle 63-33 the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell will come to a final vote at 3pm today. A up and down fight over the past year is coming to a positive and encouraging end today in the US Senate.
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Breaking News: DADT Repeal May Have the Votes
Yesterday Senator Lieberman held a press conference saying that he was confident DADT repeal would get the 60 votes needed to avoid a filibuster. The Senator said “he’s received assurances from GOP senators Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Richard Lugar (R-Ind.).” There are also reports out that Senator Ensign and Senator Murkowski will vote to allow the repeal to receive an up or down vote on the Senate floor. Things are moving in the right direction but a vote is still weeks away so we need to maintain the energy and enthusiasm for repeal. How can you help? Join the Courage Campaign and tell your Senator to stand on the side of progress.
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Don’t Ask Don’t Tell – One Final Push
Today marks the start of the lame duck session on Congress and what could be the last realistic chance for repeal of DADT. The repeal movement is gaining steam; Sec of Defense Gates has stated he thinks the policy should be overturned, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Adm. Mullen said it was ‘the right thing to do.’ So why is it still in place? Well because people like Senator McCain keep moving the goal posts and inventing new reasons for opposition. Sen McCain (Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee) has said that he wants a Pentagon study to assess the effects of the repeal of DADT. When it was leaked that the study showed the repeal would be … More >>
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RNC and FOX News…not just a theory
In case there was any doubt that FOX News and the RNC were all cozy I stumbled on some evidence on my way home from work. When the RNC isn’t driving around their ‘FIRE PELOSI’ bus where do they find a place to keep it? Well outside of the FOX News HQ of course.
The Constitution Has Spoken – ‘Stop Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’
Tonight Federal Judge Virginia Phillips of California told the military they must stop enforcing DADT because as she writes it: “infringes the fundamental rights of United States servicemembers and prospective service members” The move is part of a case brought by the Log Cabin Republicans over DADT and its infringement on 1st and 5th amendment rights. The injucntion is the next step in realizing that DADT should be repealed and that the entire concecpt is a farse. However, the Government has 60 days to appeal the decision and prevent it from taking effect pending a decision from the US Court of Appeals. This is where you come in. Let Attorney General Holder know that America has had enough of DADT … More >>
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Prop 8, AZ Immigration Laws and Healthcare Reform
As Taylor posted about below, today a federal judge in San Fransisco ruled that Proposition 8–which banned same sex marriage in the state of California–was unconstitutional. The ruling highlights that: Moral disapproval alone is an improper basis on which to deny rights to gay men and lesbians. The evidence shows conclusively that Proposition 8 enacts, without reason, a private moral view that same-sex couples are inferior to opposite-sex couples. Furthermore, the court found that Proposition 8 violates the due process and equal protection rights of same sex couples. One of the things that needs to be highlighted is that the judge in the case was originally nominated by the-deity-of-all-Republicans President Reagan and therefore cannot be deemed ‘simply another liberal activist … More >>
