Log Cabin leader: Rep. Conaway’s prediction of segregated facilities for straight, gay troops ‘narrow and fallacious’

U.S. Rep. Mike Conaway’s prediction that the repeal of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy will result in segregated barracks and bathrooms for gay and straight troops not only dismayed, but surprised Log Cabin Republicans Executive Director R. Clarke Cooper, an Iraq war veteran who personally escorted Conaway More…

In wake of repeal, a look back at how ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ failed one servicemember

Democrats and Republicans joined together in an inspired last-ditch effort that succeeded in repealing the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” military policy banning gay soldiers from serving openly. The 17-year-old policy reflected a confused transitional moment in U.S. history. Even though the policy’s end came too late to prevent the More…

‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ repeal fails in the U.S. Senate, 57-40 vote

The U.S. Senate failed to file cloture on the National Defense Authorization Act, which included an amendment to repeal “Don’t ask, don’t tell,” the military’s ban on allowing openly gay service members in the armed forces. The bill was blocked from proceeding to full debate by 57-40 margin. All Republicans More…

Anti-Gay Comment Appears to Have Originated in Chambliss’s Office

A derogatory, anti-gay comment posted this week on a blog in the run-up to a vote on repealing “don’t ask don’t tell” appears to have originated in Sen. Saxby Chambliss’s (R-Ga.) office, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported today.

What Was Lost in the Defense Bill Filibuster

Most of the stories about the Republican filibuster yesterday of the defense authorization bill have focused on two amendments it squashed: a repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell and a planned addition of the DREAM Act, which would provide legal status to some young people in More…

High Stakes for DREAM Act and DADT Repeal in Today’s Vote

The Senate will make a procedural vote today on the defense authorization bill, but how the vote goes will likely have major implications for the DREAM Act and the future of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. If Republicans are successful in filibustering the bill from moving to the floor, More…

Senators Gripe About DREAM Act, Will Likely Still Vote for Defense Bill

Some Republican senators, along with centrist Democrats, aren’t happy with Harry Reid’s decision to slip the DREAM Act into a defense authorization bill up for a vote next week — and they are arguing it could kill the bill, although none have explicitly said they plan to vote More…

Lt. Dan Choi Discharged Under ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

Newsweek reports that Lt. Dan Choi, a highly visible figure in the debate over repealing the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, has become a victim of that very law. Choi’s commander in the New York Army National Guard informed him this morning that he has been officially discharged.

Is ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ on the Scrapheap?

Less than a month after the Pentagon leadership warned it would unwise to abandon the military’s ban on open gay service this year, a fast-moving legislative effort this week has opponents of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” feeling like the law might finally be on the scrapheap.

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Gates Sharply Limits ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

In a major victory for opponents of the military’s ban on open homosexual service, Defense Secretary Robert Gates significantly revised how the Pentagon will implement the so-called “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law, effectively making it difficult to remove a soldier, sailor, airman or marine who does not out himself or More…