Gillibrand talks directly to Lady Gaga about DADT (Don’t ask, don’t tell)

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) tweeted Monday afternoon that she had just spoken with Lady Gaga, who has been lobbying the Senate ahead of Tuesday’s vote on a defense authorization bill that includes a repeal provision for “Don’t ask, don’t tell” (DADT).

“[I] thanked her for her advocacy,” said Gillibrand. “I asked her to keep pushing for DADT repeal.”

Gaga had left a message with Gillibrand last week, prompting the senator to reach out on Twitter for another time to talk.

The Grammy Award-winning pop icon attended a rally in Portland, Maine, on Monday with veterans discharged by the DADT policy, which was implemented by President Clinton.

The outcome of Tuesday’s vote is unclear, as some Senate Republicans have threatened to filibuster. The two key votes will be cast by Maine Republican Sens. Susan Collins, who voted to repeal the policy in committee but wants Republican amendments allowed on the bill, and Olympia Snowe, who hasn’t said how she’ll vote.

It’s about more than gays serving in the military. I think it’s a given that they always have and always will.

What we’re dealing with are militant gays who don’t want to just be left alone to serve but wish to crush those they serve beside who do not embrace and endorse their lifestyle. If you do not do so, YOUR CAREER IS OVER.

I hope this article will give you some insight into what’s going on here:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/sep/16/new-gay-army/

Next week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is expected to begin floor debate on a defense authorization bill that would repeal the Clinton-era “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy and allow homosexuals to serve openly in the armed forces. Last month, a top military official offered a glimpse of how the military might look should the new policy take effect: Those serving who oppose the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) agenda are no longer welcome.

Those were the views of Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Bostick, the Army’s deputy chief of staff in charge of personnel matters who spoke about “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” before several hundred troops at the European Command headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany. “Unfortunately, we have a minority of service members who are still racists and bigoted and you will never be able to get rid of all of them,” Lt. Gen. Bostick said. “But these people opposing this new policy will need to get with the program, and if they can’t, they need to get out. No matter how much training and education of those in opposition, you’re always going to have those that oppose this on moral and religious grounds just like you still have racists today.”

This anti American leftist aka progressive wants a new law. If you don’t like it, then go away. Gee when normal people say that to perverted homosexuals the chant of racism is spewed. Every aspect of the perverted homosexuals mimics a racist. These perverts are no better then a hate filled racist. They hide behind the word tolerance. Their tolerance for heterosexuals is, if you don’t like it, then go away.

I just think there’s probably a better way than DADT. Something like you can tell but you cant flaunt it or anything.

First, let me make sure I understand this:

We have a policy that says people's sex lives will not be investigated and their staus as warfighters will not be affected in any way by their sex lives unless they decide to cross a very bright line and inform their comrades that they are homosexuals. If we replace that with a policy where people can be openly homosexual but we will punish those who "flaunt" it, doesn't that require changing that bright line to a gray area? And doesn't that require investigating some people's behavior? Instead of "Private Jones says he's a homosexual, process his honorable discharge" it becomes "Private Jones is gay. His commander says he's really flamboyant and he's seen going around with guys off-duty and such. Check up on him and see if he's flaunting."

Does that seem like (a) equality for gays or (b) a good use of the military's law enforcement resources?

Second, can you identify any reduction in combat power we had in WWII because the gay guys storming the beaches, manning the guns and flying the planes couldn't be openly homosexual? Would we have won the war faster if they had been able to be open? If readiness and effectiveness is all that counts in a fight and there's no benefit to readiness from open gayness, and no detriment from keeping it in the closet, why do we care?

Third, what is it about being a soldier or an American that makes openly describing your sexual preferences an essential part of American warfighting?

Fourth, when I worked an Air Force flightline, I was not allowed to wear a wedding ring. That ring was an essential part of my life, declared me sexually unavailable and is a symbol of my religious faith that my wife and I are "one flesh" joined by Almighty God until death. Was I a less able crew chief because I didn't have that declaration?

Let’s see...The Joint Chiefs, Men who have served in combat, commanded naval battlegroups, flown thousands of hours in combat aircraft and even commanded troops on the ground in Iraq, think ending DADT is a bad, bad idea.

Lady Gaga, an airheaded celebrity weirdo who wouldn’t know which end of an M-16 to hold, says it’s a great idea.

Well, nice to see a Senator listening to the experts!

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