That statistic comes to you from Servicemembers United, which opposes “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and seeks its repeal. It’s lower than in previous years: There were 627 such discharges in 2007, for instance. From a Servicemembers United press release:…
Obama-supporter Gen. Merrill “Tony” McPeak, Air Force Chief of Staff, wrote an op-ed in the New York Times Friday saying he believed repealing the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” military policy to allow gay soldiers to serve openly would weaken…
Sen. Mark Udall said he was moved to introduce legislation repealing the nation’s “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” military policy banning gay service members from serving openly in part because the policy has wasted hundreds of millions of dollars over the past 17 years and negatively effected the lives of thousands Americans dedicated to their country.
Colorado Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Udall joined with Connecticut Independent Sen. Joe Lieberman and eleven co-sponsors to introduce legislation this morning to repeal the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, which bans lesbian, gay and bisexual service members from…
In the wake of a Senate Armed Service Committee hearing today on the “Don’t Ask; Don’t Tell” military policy that forces gay service members to remain closeted, Colorado Democratic Sen. Mark Udall pressed for more urgent action to effect a repeal.
A little more than an hour into his State of the Union speech, Obama glancingly addressed the fact that he has done nothing notable in the past year to expand the rights of gays. He said he was committed to…
U.S. Sen. Mark Udall is working to end the 16-year-old “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” military policy signed into law by Pres. Clinton that requires gay and lesbian servicemen and women to keep their sexuality a secret. Udall sent…
Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Polis has signed on as a lead co-sponsor of legislation that will be introduced next week to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage exclusively as the union between one man and one…
The nominee to become secretary of the Army promised Colorado Sen. Mark Udall on Thursday he would read a two-part series published this week by the Colorado Springs Gazette examining a string of killings committed by soldiers from a Fort Carson unit. U.S. Rep. John McHugh, a New York Republican, said he had only learned about the articles yesterday, so he didn’t directly address questions raised by senators about the Gazette’s disturbing revelations during his confirmation hearings before the Senate Armed Services Committee.
U.S. Rep. Jared Polis will trade wits on MSNBC’s Hardball show Monday night, the Boulder Democrat tweeted. Polis will be discussing LGBT issues, and there should be plenty to talk about.
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