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'Don't ask, Don't tell' -- don't call home?
By Ed Hornick, CNN
STORY HIGHLIGHTS

* Gay service members in war zones fear being outed by communicating with partners
* Coming out violates military's don't ask, don't tell policy and means discharge
* A key issue is communicating with their partners in secret

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* U.S. Army Activities
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Washington (CNN) -- There's a constant fear that hangs over some service members deployed to a war zone -- and i… Continue

From Service Members United

Statement on Judge’s Ruling on Emergency Appeal in LCR Case against DADT

Posted by Servicemembers United on November 30, 2009.

Servicemembers United is extremely proud of the bold stance that Federal District Court Judge Virginia A. Phillips took in her new ruling on the Justice Department’s motion for interlocutory (i.e., emergency) appeal in the Log Cabin Republicans’ lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) la… Continue

Lately I've been thinking about all those things associated with prejudice. It is really an exaggerated ignorance fear that appears as the most ruthless of emotions "Hate." We can do better than this. Not just here in the USA, but in the world and we really need to make this social justice movement. Time for humans to act with respect and demonstrate the dignity of self worth of all people. We need to build bridges every where.

For those of us that work on Federal property this particular legis… Continue

The right time to have gotten rid of this would have been to never have implemented it in the first place in 1996.

Obama to tackle gay military ban 'at the right time'

By Jessica Geen • October 5, 2009 - 14:02

US president Barack Obama's national security adviser has said he will tackle the issue of the ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military "at the appropriate time".

Obama promised to scrap the controversial policy in his election campaign but as yet, has not… Continue

October 3, 2009
Texas Battle on Gay Marriage Looms
By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr.

HOUSTON — A judge in Texas paved the way for a court battle over the state’s ban on same-sex marriage when she ruled this week that two men married in another state can get divorced in Dallas.

The state attorney general said Friday that he would appeal the decision, even as gay rights advocates applauded the judge, Tena Callahan of Family District Court, for declaring that the state’s four-year-old ban on… Continue