But rather dropping the “T” in order to save the repeal of DADT.

According to The New Gay:

Arguments for “dropping the T” are nothing new, but they usually represent the interests of gays and lesbians; the theory goes that we homosexuals would be better served by abandoning our unity with trans people, whose own struggles for equal rights and recognition are simply “holding us back.”

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According to a post on the GA Voice:

“The Bible says it’s a capital offense,” Franklin said of homosexuality. “You want someone with unrepentant criminal behavior? And it’s not just that, neither should adulterers, neither should thieves, neither should a lot of things. The church is full of sinners, but we’re told in 1st Corinthians it rattled off the homosexual, the adulterer, the thief, the liar, and such were some of you, but you’ve been washed, you’ve been justified and so forth. It’s not what you were. You’re not punishing a thought. But do you want an unrepentant drug dealer in the military? Same thing.”

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Our take:  The guy is obviously trying to make a name for himself but is too stupid to realize he’s on the wrong side of history.  If this were 1950, we feel certain he’s be donning a white robe and hood…although we’re not so sure he doesn’t have one in his closet…perhaps hanging on a secret gay lover?

Franklin

But that’s why this post pertaining to gay politics simply seems hilarious…because remember, we need to laugh once in a while!

According to Focus On The Rainbow, as far as gay activism goes, Dan Choi isn’t a favorite:

So after I put up the previous posting for today I go to Facebook and what do I see but a FB posting from booted out former Lt Dan Choi who announces he is going to under go a colonoscopy and US Marshals are looking for him .. WTF !!

So I got this letter in the mail… The Army is trying to collect a few thousand dollars from me for the DADT discharge. And then the US Marshals visited my gay Muslim friend’s NYC apartment looking for me (I used to couchsurf there.) And I have a colonoscopy tomorrow at the VA. It just gets better all the time, folks!

Umm … Dan refer to what your T-shirt reads.

Now regarding the up the boo-de-aye exam, I’ve had two since I’ve turned 50 and for God’s sake it’s no big deal .. in fact it’s rather pleasurable what with being drugged up and in semi-la-la-land, you don’t feel a thing kids trust me on this.

Well to read one comment from some idol-worshipping dumb ass bastard you’d think Choi was undergoing major heart surgery…. prayers are with you during your colonoscopy.

More at: Focus On The Rainbow!

According to TPM, our ‘creep of the week’ award goes to Duncan Hunter:

Gay servicemembers aren’t in the clear quite yet.

As the Pentagon begins its work to repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, a process that is expected to take several months, a Republican congressman from California has introduced legislation that would likely delay the process.

More on this at: TPM!

Of course, to expect everyone to do so is unrealistic at best but every once in a while we get a glimmer of hope like the one pointed out about Sarah Palin’s position on the repeal of ‘don’t ask don’t tell’.  The thing about Palin is though, I can’t help but to think that it’s not so much that she’s had a change of heart as it is I think she’s starting to recognize the detriment of being on the wrong side of history.

According to Change.org Gay Rights:

Palin seems to be changing her tune, by retweeting conservative lesbian blogger Tammy Bruce’s assertion about Owen Honors, the naval captain suspended for directing anti-gay videos with and for his soldiers: “This hypocrisy is just truly too much. Enuf already — the more someone complains about the homos the more we should look under their bed.” The message was clear: homophobia’s dangerous and DADT deserved repeal.

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In fact, According to TPM, if you’re Bob Marshall, a GOP state lawmaker in Virginia, you’re so worried about gay men hitting on you (even if you’re not in the service) that you’re going to introduce a law that would start DADT for those serving in the Virginia National Guard.

Marshall says he’s working on legislation to institute a DADT-style state law. His authority to do so, he claims, comes from the clause of the U.S. Constitution which reads, “reserving to the states respectively, the appointment of the officers, and the authority of training the militia.”

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But hey, not all of us are laughing at the pain experienced by the GOP homophobes, some of us understand.

According to a post on Take My Country Back:

Republicans. I feel your pain. Something happened today that goes against everything you believe in. Today “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” (DADT) was repealed. And just like that we are now allowing gays to fight along side…gulp…blacks…and…gasp…whites. What’s next? Will dogs soon be able to join the army?

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According to a post on Metro Weekly:

It wasn’t supposed to be like this for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.

As the members of Congress put in place the final priorities for the lame-duck session of the 111th Congress, nary a word has been heard about the bill – the longest-standing piece of legislation, in one form or another, sought by LGBT advocates.

More here!

What could be worse for him is that he not only lost, at least temporarily, independent voters as evidenced by the elections, and from the outset of his presidency he has been hammered by the right wing of the Republican Party (expected), but Obama is also allowing the progressive wing of the Democratic Party to slip away. Among them, LGBT folks, once huge supporters of the president, are disappointed and angry.

The latest struggle in dealing with the extension of the Bush tax cuts proved Obama has lost his hold on those very Democrats who pushed him over the top in 2008. He needs to get back his base. He needs to return to his core principles and his campaign promises. He needs to show some feistiness, some fight or he will be a one-term president.

One way to help fix that is a nationally televised speech from the Oval Office on the Senate’s failure to enact the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” Although I am not a speechwriter, I suggest something along the following lines:

My Fellow Americans (note the “birthers” will already be snickering):

When I addressed Congress and the Nation during my State of the Union Address on January 27, I called for the end of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” I said, “This year, I will work with Congress and our military to finally repeal the law that denies gay Americans the right to serve the country they love because of who they are. It’s the right thing to do.”

I believed that then, and I still do. With many problems facing our country this year both at home and abroad, I focused on some immediate steps, such as reforming the health care system and doing whatever it takes to get our people back to work and our economy back on track. If I didn’t directly and aggressively push Congress on the repeal of the discriminatory policy of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” I do apologize, because it remains a high priority to me and my Administration.

In late May the House of Representatives did vote for the repeal of the law as did the Senate Armed Services Committee as part of a broader Defense Department spending measure.

However, key opponents of the law asked that a survey be undertaken of our troops to determine if the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” would cause significant disruption to unit cohesion, readiness and effectiveness.

That survey commissioned by the Department of Defense and conducted by the Comprehensive Review Working Group has been completed and reported earlier this month. It found that a significant majority of those troops who responded said that they would have little or no problem serving alongside a service member who is gay or lesbian. In addition, more than 9 out of 10 who were aware of gay or lesbian troops in their unit did not oppose repeal.

The repeal of this law, which has accounted for nearly 14,000 discharges of qualified, patriotic service members—many with critical skills needed for our nation’s security—has been supported by Defense Secretary Gates; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Admiral Mullen; members of the Joint Chiefs themselves, and countless current and former military leaders, such General Colin Powell. Moreover, a vast majority of fair-minded Americans, including a majority of conservatives, are in favor of overturning this law.

To my great disappointment, despite this mounting body of support for repeal as well as the evidence contained in the Comprehensive Review Working Group report, the Senate by 3 votes failed to vote on the bill. Another attempt for repeal is underway in Congress as a stand-alone measure.

All along, I firmly believed that since “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” needs to be repealed by legislative means. Since the 1993 law was put in place by Congress, it should be overturned by Congress.

However, as Commander-in-Chief, I see this discriminatory law harmful not only to our patriotic Americans who are willing to fight and die for our country, but it also impairs our efforts in the global war on terrorism and our defense in general.

Accordingly, I have decided to take the following steps should the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” not be accomplished during this Lame Duck session of Congress:

First, as Commander-in-Chief, I am empowered during a time of war to use the measure called stop-loss. As such, effective immediately, I order that no further discharges of gay or lesbian service members be permitted under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”

Second, I am instructing the Justice Department to stop appealing federal court cases challenging the constitutionality of the law as these cases make their way through the judicial system.

This country was founded on the principles of equality and justice for all. To discriminate against a class of people who are otherwise qualified to serve in our military runs counter to the values for which our men and women in uniform have fought and died throughout our history to defend.

“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” has been a blemish on our nation, and as President of the United States, I am fulfilling my promise by ending it now and forever. Accordingly, we will now join the other 35 nations who allow gays and lesbians to serve openly in their armed forces. As I said in my State of the Union address, it is the right thing to do.

God bless you and God bless America.

• Contributed by Steve Charing and cross-posted at: Steve Charing OUTspoken!

That’s why there’s people like Tony Perkins, Mike Huckabee, Sarah Palin and many, many more ultra right wing nuts who are eventually going to find themselves on the wrong side of history when it comes to LGBT equality.

According to a post on Gay Politics:

A new poll from Gallup finds 67 percent of American adults would vote for a law allowing openly gay and lesbian people to serve in the U.S. military.  Just 28 percent said they would oppose such a law.

That is HUGELY different from even 5 years ago.

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A Pentagon study on gays in the military has determined that overturning the law known as “don’t ask, don’t tell” might cause some disruption at first but would not create any widespread or long-lasting problems.

More here!