Today, the blogsphere is creating a swarm of post to get HRC - the Human Rights Campaign - to step up and demand that President Obama take a lead to repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell in 2010.... It is about time! Don't ask Don't tell needs to be repealed immediately.
THE MESSAGE TO HRC IS SIMPLE:
Publicly demand that President Obama take the lead in getting DADT repealed this year.
1) That means the President needs to state publicly that he wants Congress to repeal DADT this year; and
2) The President needs to take the lead in working with Congress to make sure the repeal happens.
HRC Front Desk: (202) 628-4160
TTY: (202) 216-1572
Toll-Free: (800) 777-4723
HRC Web site comment page.
General membership email at hrc: membership@hrc.org
Some may say that there is little the President can do, or that this is up to Congress now. That is simply untrue. The President can send a powerful signal that he wants the repeal done this year. He can include the repeal of DADT in the Defense Budget he sends to Congress in the next few months. If the President is serious about keeping his promises to our community, now is his chance to prove it.
You can read more about this blogswarm at pamhouseblend.
(that said, I also feel that the administration needs to step up and demand an inclusive Comprehensive Immigration Reform that includes LGBT Families. And if not, he needs to demand that congress pass the Uniting American Families Act!!!)
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