Comments on: Obama AWOL on ‘Don’t Ask’ repeal?

By: Instant Tea » Blog Archive » DADT sit-in in Sen. John McCain’s office

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:07:40 +0000

[...] Five LGBT activists are currently staging a sit-in in Sen. John McCain’s offices over “don’t ask, don’t tell.” Details are sketchy at this point, but people are being encouraged to call the offices to tell McCain’s staff he needs to support a repeal of DADT. The number is (602)952-2410. Stay tuned to Instant Tea for more details about the sit-in. Interestingly, McCain is not one of the six moderate senators being targeted by the Human Rights Campaign and other groups as they seek to secure the votes necessary for a repeal of DADT. Read more about those efforts by going here. [...]

By: Charles Etheridge / Atlanta, GA

Charles Etheridge / Atlanta, GA — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 04:11:53 +0000

I think that further delay would not accomplish anything favorable. I’ve been waiting for this ever since the early seventies when I served, uneventfully, in the air Force for three years. In the dorm that I lived in were personnel from the highest scoring occupations in administration, medicine, dentistry, as well as weather and flight manipulations, a very great many of us were gay and knew that the others were. At that time we kept a relatively low profile, but it was well known throughout the base that we were gay. It should be back to that way now.

By: Scott L

Scott L — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:25:09 +0000

Jim Messina is the Deputy Chief of Staff for President Obama. He is gay and is charged with being the liaison to the GLBT community. He’s turned out to be just another political hack, more interested in preserving his own job than working on matters that count. He has shut SLDN out of all discussions on repealing DADT because they are too vocal. It seems that President Obama would be better served with someone that actually supports the gay community than Messina who seems to be doing nothing to advance our issues.