GLBT

Army Lt. Dan Choi, a West Point graduate and Arabic translator who famously challenged ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ last year, has been recalled to active duty, according to The Advocate. That’s a strong sign that even ahead of a full repeal of the so-called gay ban, proceeding at a deliberate, year-long pace advocated by the [...]

“It is my personal belief that allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would be the right thing to do,” Adm. Mullen said.

Adm. Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is perhaps the barometric view here. Mullen said the heads of the military services did not yet have firm military advice for the president. But then, in a hearing just getting underway in the Senate Armed Services Committee, Mullen said that it was his [...]

Brian Brown of the National Organization for Marriage has perfected the art of the salt-in-the-wound press release. His message to supporters on Scott Brown: NOM, like every conservative group, is taking credit for the win.

David Hart has the scoop: The National Organization for Marriage spent more than $100,000 on get-out-the-vote efforts for the failed (yes, really) campaign of Doug Hoffman, the Conservative Party candidate in NY-23. NOM’s work for Hoffman — it also paid for hand-outs distributed by the Susan B. Anthony List — was a minor blow to [...]

Ben Smith has the details:
The White House, I’m told, will today announce that it’s filling the key Pentagon slot for the implementation — or repeal — of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” which bars open gays and lesbians from serving in the military.
The appointment of retired Marine General Clifford Stanley as Under Secretary of Defense for [...]

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) has brought 52 fellow Republicans together on a letter demanding the resignation of Kevin Jennings, the White House’s “safe schools czar.” Greg Sargent looks at the text of the letter, and how it maintains (wrongly) that Jennings covered up child sexual abuse. Here are the other Republicans:

Looks like today’s poll showing a slump in support for Maine’s Question 1 has rattled the National Organization for Marriage, which sent out an APB to its mailing list asking for funds.
“Never before have voters had the chance to directly overturn the legislative enactment of same-sex marriage in any state in the country,” says NOM [...]

Buried in this poll on Maine political attitudes is a question on the Nov. 3 same-sex marriage referendum that does not auger well for gay marriage opponents. Question 1, which would roll back legal gay marriage in the state, is trailing 52-43. Catholic voters support the measure, but only by a seven-point margin. Last month, [...]

I spent a few minutes talking with Maggie Gallagher, the president of the National Organization for Marriage, after she gave a rip-roaring introduction for Carrie Prejean at the Values Voter Summit. First, however, she expressed some disappointment that TWI wasn’t a gay publication.
“I love the gay press,” said Gallagher. “I really am impressed with gay [...]