Category Archives: Gay Veterans

Center for Military Readiness Update

There’s always something good at the Box Turtle Bulletin. In a post from yesterday, they update us on Elaine Donnelly and the Center for Military Readiness, the one organization dedicated to keeping gays out of the military.
It seems Ms. D has started a new website she is calling “Americans for the Military.” To put it […]

USA Today Op-Eds

Take a look at these op-eds appearing in today’s edition of USA Today:
Repeal of Don’t ask, Don’t tell Could Ease Army Shortage
Author of the first op-ed is Aubrey Sarvis, the current executive director of SLDN. I think this op-ed is very fair and balanced. Mr. Sarvis writes, “Repealing “don’t ask, don’t tell” is not going […]

A Nuisance

Coverage continues on the story of SGT Darren Manzella, the principal subject in a recent story about Don’t ask, Don’t tell on 60 Minutes. Here’s a link to the story in USA Today:
 http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2008-01-07-gay-troops_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip&POE=click-refer
The best quote out of this story:
Eugene Fidell of the National Institute of Military Justice, a group of military legal experts, wonders whether […]

Support for MREA Continues to Grow

The Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2007 (HR 1246) continues to gather supporters in Congress. On 19 December, Rep. Rick Larsen of Washington state’s second district became the 139th cosponsor. 

Larsen’s sponsorship was the result of diligent efforts by our allies in Washington including Patrick English, Alan M. Steinman and Margarethe Cammermeyer. Many of you […]

Interview in WVQN

Take the time to check out my interview with Jim Lawson from West Virginia’s Queer News (WVQN).
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