Don't Ask Don't Tell Legislation

[Bulldog1948]

I just received this email from the SLDN in DC. Sens Liberman and Levine have just introduced "REPEAL" legislation on the DADT policy. It's way past time to repeal that madness. Please give your Senetors and yes Congressmen a call or an email and voice your opinion.

Mike

Friend,

We have been working and waiting for this day for years. Just a few minutes ago in the imposing and grand Senate Armed Services Committee hearing room Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) made history by announcing he was on his way to the Senate chamber to introduce legislation to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." We are grateful for the Senator's unwavering commitment to a strong national defense and civil rights.

Senator Carl Levin (D-Mich.), the powerful Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, joined Sen. Lieberman in introducing this landmark legislation.

Now we need to go out and help Sen. Lieberman and Sen. Levin get the votes we need. That's where you come in.

Call the Senate switchboard today at 202-224-3121. Ask to speak with each of your Senators and urge them to cosponsor the Senate's Military Readiness Enhancement Act.

www.sldn.org/CallTheSenate

The Lieberman/Levin bill in the Senate effectively mirrors repeal legislation in the House of Representatives championed by Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-Pa.). Both call for DADT repeal and a new policy of nondiscrimination. But make no mistake: Congress needs to act and to do so this year.

We're asking you now to help Senators Levin and Lieberman get cosponsors for their bill, for our bill. Lawmakers listen to their constituents. Volume and quality of the communications matter.

Make the call now:

www.sldn.org/CallTheSenate

Gay and lesbian service members are counting on you to speak out at this critical time.

Thank you.

David Hall

Former Air Force Staff Sergeant

P.S. As repeal legislation moves forward, service members are still being discharged every day. Our lawyers are providing the same legal services that I used when I was a client, but they need your support to continue to do so. Please contribute now: www.sldn.org/legalservices.

[Guest Donna Jean]

Thanks, Mike....

I feel that this is very important stuff...

Service people are willing to give their very lives for their country, but if they're gay/bi/Trans..their country don't want them...

How very sad!

I hope the bill gets somewhere!

HUGGS!

Donna Jean

[Sally]

*Please play patriotic fife music as you read this post*

Don't forget that while our country was based on a principle of freedom and rights those rights are not offered to everyone - each group has had to systematically plow through all of the red tape and bureaucracy to gain those rights and be listed by name not just all men - it is stupid and shameful.

The black forces that fought in World War ll were not able to vote at that time - they did not have that right but they were granted the 'right' of serving and dying for the very country that was ignoring their rights.

We are a great country but we have many flaws - the biggest being in human rights - why does every single group have to be granted rights?

We are human - we are American Citizens - so we should all have the same rights - how simple is that?

It is the business of Politics and bureaucracy to make even the simplest of tasks monumental, spending millions of dollars and thousands of man hours which could be done with the stroke of a pin in the Supreme court - that is were it should be done, they are the ones in charge of interrupting the Constitution - "All men are created equal with certain unalienable rights" be read - "All of Human Kind are created equal with certain unalienable rights".

There it is done - everyone has the same rights - how simple - how far beyond the convoluted thinking of all politicians.

Love ya,

Sally

[Bulldog1948]

Thanks, Mike....

I feel that this is very important stuff...

Service people are willing to give their very lives for their country, but if they're gay/bi/Trans..their country don't want them...

How very sad!

I hope the bill gets somewhere!

HUGGS!

Donna Jean

Hey Dee Jay,

I figured that this info was important enough to post the whole thing. Reason being, sometimes readers will hit the "link" and other times they're too busy. So, this way, hopefully they'll read it and take action. You know as well as I, that you have to fight for what you beleive in. And, this is important stuff and affects a lot of military people.

I never will forget an old Sgt 1st class who really helped me out one time. He was a drag queen with 20+ years in service.

mike

[Bulldog1948]

This is an update on the orginial article that I published. At the bottom of the srticle from Senator Leiberman's offce is the Bill. I haven't had time to read it yet, but it should be interesting.

http://lieberman.senate.gov/index.cfm/news...t-ask-dont-tell

[Bulldog1948]

This is an update on the orginial article that I published. At the bottom of the srticle from Senator Leiberman's offce is the Bill. I haven't had time to read it yet, but it should be interesting.

http://lieberman.senate.gov/index.cfm/news...t-ask-dont-tell

Another update: I read the bill, it is very short and quite easy to understand.

I also just finished emailing Senator Joe and asked him if it would be possible to slightly amend the bill to include transsexuals and intersexuals, as there are quite a few of each already wihin the military. So, if and when I hear back from him, I will post his reply.

Mike

[Guest Katrina_Carter]

Hey look, something we in Michigan did right... we elected Levin

As for adding in transgendered to the bill, the problem with that comes with where do you put them? Pre-op would not be welcomed or accepted in the female or male barracks by their male/female counterparts. Plus the cost and hassle of constructing a third would cause more hatred towards us than would be worth IMO. You try telling the American public they need several billion more in taxes to build barracks for transgendered individuals, and see how well it goes over. Post-op however would go to the appropriate barracks and I think should be included if they wish to out themselves as post-op. I wouldn't, but that's just me.