Is there finally a light at the end of the tunnel?
Yesterday, Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-PA) introduced a stand alone bill to repeal the military's discriminatory "don't ask, don't tell" policy, saying:
The time to repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell has come. Already, two dozen other nations, including Israel and...
Since Thursday's failed cloture vote, ostensibly on the Defense Authorization bill, but in reality on the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell," followed quickly by the announcement that Joe Lieberman would introduce a standalone bill to end the discriminatory policy, there has been remarkably little news on where things stand on this last...
It looks like Sen. Joe Manchin is on a justification tour, offering his latest excuse -- following a statement released on Friday -- for being the only Democrat to vote against cloture on the Defense Authorization bill, putting what may be the final nail in the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" coffin:
...With the failed cloture vote to end the filibuster of the Defense Authorization bill -- which in essence killed a vote on repealing "don't ask, don't tell," Joe Lieberman has announced that he will introduce a free standing bill to repeal the policy and that:
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A cloture vote on the Defense Authorization bill, including the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" has failed in the Senate 57-40.
Harry Reid brought the bill to the floor without a deal with Republicans, and as expected the obstruction continued, as will discrimination against millions of Americans.
Republicans, John McCain in particular,...
The Pentagon has released their long-awaited study on the impact of repealing the military's discriminatory "don't ask, don't tell" policy, and as expected, the report reveals that our military is not filled with raging homophobes and bigots:
When asked about how having a Service member in their immediate unit who said...
It's such a good thing that Oklahoma passed a ban on Sharia Law. After all, the good people of the Sooner State would never tolerate such extreme theocracy. Right? Wrong. From The Advocate:
According to KWTV News, 18-year-old Melissa McKenzie said she was kicked out of Del City High School in Del...
The good new is, Ken Buck doesn't think being gay is, in and of itself, a disease. But he does think that it's a choice ... and he compares it to alcoholism.
GREGORY: In a debate last month, you expressed your support for don’t ask, don’t tell,...
A gay student teacher was dismissed from a suburban Portland, Oregon, school after discussing gay marriage with a fourth-grader. Seth Stambaugh is enrolled in the Master of Education program at Portland's Lewis and Clark College, the practicum of which had him student teaching at the Beaverton School District's Sexton Mountain elementary school. As reported by...
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