Bridget Altenburg ‘91 and Jonathan Hopkins ‘01 join five other service members (including an active-duty West Point grad) talking about DADT and how it impacted their decisions to stay in or get out of the military. OutServe is also mentioned.
http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/20/gay-service-members-discuss-dont-ask-dont-tell/
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Posted September 20 2010
Aaron Belkin of the Palm Center, the most knowledgeable scholar on DADT and a good friend of Knights Out, skillfully rebuts five key myths about DADT in this excellent editorial. Check it out - and share it!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/17/AR2010091702444.html
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Posted September 20 2010
This weekend’s “Values Voter Summit” focused on the DADT issue. This article highlights the importance of CALLING YOUR SENATORS this week - we may well lose the Senate vote. You can reach your Senators through the Capitol switchboard at 202.224.3121.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100917/pl_yblog_upshot/dont-ask-dont-tell-dominates-values-voter-summit
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Posted September 20 2010
Chris Neff from the Palm Center makes it clear: it has been proven over and over that there is no legitimate reason to keep DADT. It’s all about discrimination.
Please read this, and pass it on!
http://huff.to/dAn7RN
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Posted September 20 2010
Our good friend Tom Carpenter, longtime Board member and “mover-and-shaker” at SLDN, wrote this post about attending his 40th reunion at USNA with his partner, Art. The times, they are a-changin’!
http://www.lgbtpov.com/2010/09/tom-carpenter-a-dont-ask-dont-tell-sea-change-at-annapolis-on-the-chesapeake-bay/
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Posted September 15 2010
Although appeals will likely last years, this was a great symbolic victory for opponents of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy.
http://www.dallasvoice.com/breaking-judge-rules-dadt-unconstitutional-1043356.html
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Posted September 10 2010
Dinner to honor LGBT Airmen Allowed, then Rejected by Academy Graduate
Organization
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Posted September 09 2010
OutServe is making some great strides in establishing an organization that will be leading from the front in the coming years.
http://www.bilerico.com/2010/08/is_outserve_creating_a_grassroots_organizing_model.php
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Posted September 01 2010