Tomorrow afternoon, September 21, the U.S. Senate is to take up the defense authorization bill which contains language to overturn the military policy of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell which discriminates against gay and lesbian soldiers.
As I understand it, this issue has been festering for at least 17 years.
Senator John McCain from Arizona said at one point that if the military brass agreed with doing away with the policy, then he would consider going along with that.
Well, the military brass now agrees that to do away with Don’t Ask Don’t Tell is the right thing to do. However, tomorrow, Senator McCain is expected to lead the Republicans in a filibuster of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.
Isn’t it time that we do away with this discriminatory policy in our military? Why must Americans always find someone to feel superior to? We’ve done it because of skin color. We’ve done it to women in the workplace. We do it with people who want to form unions. We do it with those of a different religion. We do it with undocumented immigrants.
When I served in the military 50 years ago, gay people were a threat. Not any more. Please call your U.S. Senator tomorrow and insist that they not participate in the filibuster because of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.
