Gays See Repeal As A Civil Rights Milestone

Gays See Repeal As A Civil Rights Milestone
NEW YORK (AP) — Allowing gays and Lesbians to serve openly in the U.S. Military is a step toward equality, advocates say, but a fight for other social changes such as Gay Marriage still lies ahead. The Senate voted Saturday to end the 17-year ban on Openly Gay Troops, overturning the Clinton-era policy known as “don’t ask, don’t tell.” “It’s one step in a very long process of becoming an Equal Rights citizen,” said Warren Arbury of Savannah, Ga., w...

Gays see repeal as a civil rights milestone
Dec. 18: Cassandra Melnikow, foreground left, and her sister Victoria Melnikow, right, sit in New York's Times Square as news of the Senate approving the Repeal of 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' is displayed outside ABC Television's Times Square studios. NEW YORK - Allowing gays and Lesbians to serve openly in the U.S. Military is a step toward equality, advocates say, but a fight for other social changes such as Gay Marriage still lies ahead. The Senate voted Saturday to end the 17-year ban on op...

Repeal of Dont ask, dont tell: A civil rights milestone?
“Even though this is really huge, I look at it as a chink in a very, very long chain,” he added. The ruling drew quick rebuke from foes of lifting the ban who argued that the Military shouldn’t be used to expand the rights of gays and that allowing them to serve openly would hurt troop morale and a unit’s ability fight. Supporters declared the vote a Civil Rights milestone. Aaron Belkin, director of the California-based Palm Center — a Think Tank on the issue —...

LGBT community celebrates dont ask milestone
Stumble This! Allowing gays and Lesbians to serve openly in the U.S. Military is a step toward equality, advocates say, but a fight for other social changes such as Gay Marriage still lies ahead. The Senate voted Saturday to end the 17-year ban on Openly Gay Troops, overturning the Clinton-era policy known as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." "It's one step in a very long process of becoming an equal rights citizen," said Warren Arbury of Savannah, Ga., who served in The Army for seven years, including ...

Gays celebrate repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell'
(12-18) 16:33 PST New York (AP) -- Word that the world's largest Military power will allow gays and Lesbians to serve openly in the Military brought strong and swift reaction Saturday, with supporters declaring a Civil Rights milestone and detractors insisting it would weaken and divide the Armed Forces. In New York, home to one of the nation's largest gay communities and a Gay Pride parade whose grand marshal this year was an Openly Gay, discharged serviceman, 28-year-old Cassandra Melnikow g...

Times Embraces 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' Repeal As 'Historic'
The Times marked Repeal of the Clinton-era “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” Legislation preventing gays from serving openly in the Military as “historic,” comparing it to the end of Racial Segregation, in Sunday’s front-page story by congressional reporter Carl Hulse, “Senate Repeals Ban Against Openly Gay Military Personnel.” Hulse often shows favoritism toward Democratic Legislation in Congress and disdain for GOP priorities. His first five sources...

What's Next for the Gay Rights Movement?
(Credit: AP / CBS) Just days after Saturday's historic passage of a stand-alone Senate Bill repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," David Brock, founder and CEO of the liberal Watchdog group Media Matters for America, has announced the launch of Equality Matters - a New Media initiative that aims to promote Lesbian, gay, Bisexual, and Transgender equality. The initiative, which Brock describes in a Press Release as a "communications war room for gay equality," comes as Activists start to shift the...

Gays Celebrate Repeal Of Dont Ask, Dont Tell
NEW YORK (AP/CBSNewYork) — Word that the world’s largest Military power will allow gays and Lesbians to serve openly in the Military brought strong and swift reaction Saturday, with supporters declaring a Civil Rights milestone and detractors insisting it would weaken and divide the Armed Forces. In New York, discharged serviceman, 28-year-old Cassandra Melnikow glanced at a news ticker in Times Square announcing the Repeal and said: “Excellent! It’s about time.” &#...

Gays celebrate repeal of dont ask, dont tell
NEW YORK (AP) — Word that the world’s largest Military power will allow gays and Lesbians to serve openly in the Military brought strong and swift reaction Saturday, with supporters declaring a Civil Rights milestone and detractors insisting it would weaken and divide the Armed Forces. In New York, home to one of the nation’s largest gay communities and a Gay Pride parade whose grand marshal this year was an Openly Gay, discharged serviceman, 28-year-old Cassandra Melnikow glan...

Gays celebrate repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell'
NEW YORK (AP) - Word that the world's largest Military power will allow gays and Lesbians to serve openly in the Military brought strong and swift reaction Saturday, with supporters declaring a Civil Rights milestone and detractors insisting it would weaken and divide the Armed Forces. In New York, home to one of the nation's largest gay communities and a Gay Pride parade whose grand marshal this year was an Openly Gay, discharged serviceman, 28-year-old Cassandra Melnikow glanced at a news tic...

Gays See Repeal As Milestone
NEW YORK (AP) - One man who was kicked out of The Army under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" says the Senate's vote to abolish the ban on gays serving openly is "really huge." Opponents of lifting the ban argued that the Military shouldn't be used to expand the rights of gays, and that allowing them to serve openly would hurt troop morale. But supporters are calling yesterday's vote a Civil Rights milestone. The director of the Palm Center, a Think Tank on the issue, says the vote "ushers in a new era i...

For gay rights, is repeal of 'don't ask' military ban the end or the beginning?
For the American Gay Rights movement, this is the big question that follows Saturday's landmark Repeal of the Military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. Is the Senate vote the successful end of one struggle or a turning point for many others? Activists are hoping that the Repeal - which will allow gays to serve openly in the U.S. military - gives them significant new leverage. For the first time they can argue that if The Army trusts gay men and women with rifles, why shouldn't soc...

ROTC Returning to Harvard?
Following the Senate’s Repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, the U.S. Military policy that bans Openly Gay and Lesbian Soldiers from serving, Harvard President Drew Faust indicated she would move to recognize ROTC, the military’s college officer training program. You must login to comment. The Fox Nation is for those opposed to intolerance, excessive government control of our lives, and attempts to monopolize opinion or suppress freedom of thought, expression, and worship. Rea...

DADT Repeal Strengthens Commanders Hands?
In an earlier thread, a reader brings up a legitimate beef regarding the treatment of gay and Lesbian servicemembers in a post-DADT world. His concern stems from a situation that happened when he was on Active Duty in the Navy: It’s been my experience observing Gay sailors when I was in the Navy, that they’re perfectly fine when they’re sober. When they get drunk, they let it all hang out. One guy [presumably* one of these gay sailors] on our ship got wasted, and decided to suck off som

Cheers and Jeers: Monday
From the GREAT STATE OF Maine... Yay Just some random thoughts on Saturday's 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal vote, starting with today's boring correction: on November 28, Republican Senator Lindsay Graham gave Chris Wallace a pinky shake and a promise: "I don't believe there is anywhere near the votes to Repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell. ... So I think in a Lame Duck setting Don't Ask, Don't Tell is not going anywhere." Nowhere, that is, except in the history books as a huge victory for gay civil...

Gays see repeal as a civil rights milestone
NEW YORK — Allowing gays and Lesbians to serve openly in the U.S. Military is a step toward equality, advocates say, but a fight for other social changes such as gay marriage still lies ahead. The Senate voted Saturday to end the 17-year ban on Openly Gay Troops, overturning the Clinton-era policy known as "don’t ask, don’t tell." "It’s one step in a very long process of becoming an Equal Rights citizen," said Warren Arbury of Savannah, Ga., who served in The Army for sev...

Gays see repeal as a civil rights milestone
NEW YORK (AP) - Allowing gays and Lesbians to serve openly in the U.S. Military is a step toward equality, advocates say, but a fight for other social changes such as gay marriage still lies ahead. The Senate voted Saturday to end the 17-year ban on Openly Gay Troops, overturning the Clinton-era policy known as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." "It's one step in a very long process of becoming an Equal Rights citizen," said Warren Arbury of Savannah, Ga., who served in The Army for seven years, includi...

DADT History, But Changes Wont Happen Overnight
By Ashby Jones President Barack Obama will soon presumably put his signature to the bill ending the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy on Gays in the Military. But the armed services won’t change overnight, according to this WSJ story. The task of lifting the ban against gays serving openly in the Military is likely to take months, say senior Military officials. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said in a statement after the Senate voted Saturday to end the policy that...

Obama plans to sign repeal of gay ban Wednesday
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama plans to sign the Repeal of the Military’s ban on Openly Gay service members on Wednesday, four days after the Senate voted to abolish the policy. Obama’s signature would end the Pentagon’s 17-year, “don’t-ask, don’t tell” policy and fulfill a 2008 Presidential Campaign promise. The policy has allowed gays and Lesbians to serve, but only if they were silent about their Sexual Orientation...

Obama plans to sign repeal of gay ban Wednesday (AP)
WASHINGTON – The White House says President Barack Obama plans to sign the Repeal of the Military's ban on Openly Gay service members on Wednesday, four days after the Senate voted to abolish the policy. Obama's signature would end the Pentagon's 17-year, "don't-ask, don't tell" policy and fulfill a 2008 Presidential Campaign promise. The policy has allowed gays and Lesbians to serve, but only if they were silent about their Sexual Orientation. Press Secretary Robert Gibbs would not say ...

In historic move, 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' repealed
After years of debate and intense discussion, the United States Military's policy requiring gay and Lesbian service members to hide their Sexual Orientation is finally brought to an end. A final vote of 65 to 31 in the Senate brought to an end "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," the long standing policy of mandatory discharge for any service member proven to be gay or lesbian. Speaking to the supporters of the Repeal, President Barack Obama lauded the end of a "policy that denied the service of thousands o...

Militarys Ban on Homosexuals Repealed, But Restrictions Remain for the Time Being
Monday, December 20, 2010 A sign outside ABC Television's Times Square studio in New York announces that the U.S. Senate approved the Repeal of the law banning Homosexuals from Military service on Saturday Dec. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg) Washington (AP) - While President Barack Obama this week is expected to clear the way for gays to serve openly in the military, the new law won't go into effect immediately and unanswered questions remain: How soon will the new policy be implemen...

In case you didnt hear the good news yet
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” which is the American law barring Openly Gay men and women from serving in the Military, was repealed by the Senate this weekend. Once Obama signs the bill, the military will no longer be able to discriminate against gays and Lesbians. It’s ridiculous that it took this long, but good news nonetheless. jill has written 4045 posts for Feministe. Oh right, Bradley Manning. (67) Hospital saves woman's life; is told by Catholic leadership not to...

67 Percent of Marine Combat Forces Say Putting Homosexuals in Their Units Will Hurt Their Effectiveness in the Field, Says DOD R
Monday, December 20, 2010 By Terence P. Jeffrey A U.S. Marine Corps sergeant in action in Sangin, Afghanistan on Nov. 9, 2010. (Defense Department photo/Lance Cpl. Dexter S. Saulisbury, U.S. Marine Corps) (CNSNews.com) - 66.5 percent of U.S. Marine combat forces surveyed by a special Defense Department working group said that putting Homosexuals in their units would hurt their effectiveness in the field, and 47.8 percent of Marines in combat units specifically said putting Homosexuals in t...

DADT Repeal Marks Milestone In Fight For Gay Rights
NEW YORK — Allowing gays and Lesbians to serve openly in the U.S. Military is a step toward equality, advocates say, but a fight for other social changes such as Gay Marriage still lies ahead. The Senate voted Saturday to end the 17-year ban on Openly Gay Troops, overturning the Clinton-era policy known as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." "It's one step in a very long process of becoming an Equal Rights citizen," said Warren Arbury of Savannah, Ga., who served in The Army for seven years, includ...