Comments on: Questions surround Lieberman’s ‘Don’t Ask’ repeal bill

By: HRC affirms ‘Don’t Ask’ repeal for 2010 : DC Agenda

HRC affirms ‘Don’t Ask’ repeal for 2010 : DC Agenda — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:57:38 +0000

[...] David Smith: Well, Chris, we’ve been talking about that for months, and there’s been a lot of public dialogue on a path to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” There are obviously a number of options on the table. Somebody just reminded me you have our campaign, so you are well aware of how we hope to move forward on that. (Editor’s note: See “Questions surround Lieberman’s ‘Don’t Ask’ repeal bill”) [...]

By: Don’t Ask Updates: February 24 « Leave it to Seaver

Don’t Ask Updates: February 24 « Leave it to Seaver — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:05:29 +0000

[...] background on the Lieberman DADT repeal effort from DC [...]

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:42:38 +0000

There are several problems with this plan, the stand alone bill being just one of those problems. It might be better strategy to pass it as a stand alone bill, but I do see the reason in including it with a defense authorization bill if that was the only way to get it passed. Unfortunately, it appears we will have perhaps 2-3 Republican senators voting for the repeal, and several Democratic backstabbers betraying us, to include my own Virginia Senator Jim Webb, who, like Virginia’s other Senator Mark Warner is likewise not cosponsoring the Employment Non-Discrimination Act or the Domestic Partnership Benefits & Obligations Act. Again, this reinforces the notion that we should not give monet the Democratic National Committee as this money gets passed on to homophobic members who don’t support our issues and sometimes actively work against us.
Another problem with this bill would be adhering to the military’s suggestion that we wait a year for some unnecessary study, which is nothing more than delay tactic that buys the Republicans time to kill the repeal altogether when they gain seats in the 2010 election. If DADT is put off for a year, its the same thing as killing it, because more Republicans in the House and Senate means no repeal of DADT. Lieberman’s plan should call for a repeal within six months, and the bill must be passed this year before the election.

By: Ron Kleigman

Ron Kleigman — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:23:45 +0000

HRC secured Lieberman? Really? Does Senator Lieberman know that? The esteemed “voice”of our community is once again taking credit for other people’s work. Up until late last year you would have been lucky to find the repeal effort anywhere on their legislative map. But now that ENDA and DOMA are effectively stalled for this session they decide to adopt DADT. HRC taking credit for this is a lot like Canada taking credit for singlehandedly winning World War II. It just did not happen that way.

By: Michael Bedwell

Michael Bedwell — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:42:31 +0000

If there’s enough Congressional support for repeal at all they’d be support for including a “standalone” bill as a rider to def auth just as the hate crimes bill was. AGAIN: WHERE is the justification for asking 100s more gay srvmbrs be dumped during that 18 mnths???? “Servicemembers will be fired almost daily while the study is going on.”-SLDN. “Speedy implementation causes no disruption.”-Palm Ctr. The 6 months max the House bill would allow was conceived by experts and is more than enough. “How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?”-John Kerry re Vietnam, 1971.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:13:28 +0000

LOL.@ Peter The Saint

But seriously thanks for your support but you to be erased from the Senate!

By: Peter the Saint

Peter the Saint — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:26:46 +0000

Well, whatever works!

Lets see now, should we do “The Maneuver” of 51 votes, bringing in VP Biden and his black limousine? or should we do “The Trick”, which means we do EVERYTHING we can to get our homo-loving republicans to top the 60+ vote, for more of us in the military… hmmm, The Maneuver? or The Trick? Gosh, the Senate is such a confusing place… maybe we should do dinner and drinks first? ;)

By: Michael Bedwell

Michael Bedwell — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:06:11 +0000

We applaud Sen. Lieberman & urge him to mirror the text of the House repeal bill that gay orgs have been promoting for years especially its allowing the military a more than adequate 6 months to implement. NOTHING Secty. Gates PROVES they NEED more time. He only proposed reasking questions that have already been repeatedly answered & asking a question for which there is no precedent: “Troops, what d’y'all think?” My straight Marine cousin was not asked what he thought about being sent to Afghanistan last month. And he was only given 5 days to “get used to the idea.” The only thing giving the Pentagon a yr. or more to delay implementation would accomplish is 100s more gay servicemembers kicked to the curb & I know none of us want to see that.