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[PFLAG] has learned that The Center for Military Readiness, a right-wing activist group based in Michigan, has invited leaders of prominent veterans services organizations to a Washington, D.C. briefing on Thursday that the organization has tried to keep secret. The event, outlined in a letter obtained exclusively by PFLAG, is described as "a private, off-the-record briefing" to strategize about how to battle efforts to repeal the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" ban on lesbian, gay and bisexual troops. This must have been what Eagle Forum leader Colleen Holmes was talking about when she told an anonymous ally to find "horror stories" on gays in the military, which they would then use to fight for DADT. Holmes also described gay rights as a "tar baby." |
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Among the witnesses one could find Eric Alva, a gay man who was also the first soldier wounded in Iraq, Capt. Joan Darrah and Army Maj. Gen. Vance Coleman, both of whom are retired. They all back a DADT repeal, as do the majority of Americans. |
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Anti-gay activist Elaine Donnelly has made it her life mission to maintain Don't Ask, Don't Tell. The issue is so serious, she says, that conservatives must oppose it in the same vein as they oppose stem-cell research, because "it's that serious." Basically, in her closed mind, if we gays can serve openly in the military, then the entire world will crumble into hell and we'll all be raped by Satan. PFLAG disagrees, obviously. [CitizenLink via PFLAG] |
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Part Two...
Looking for a positively frightful Halloween costume? Perhaps Part Two of The 20 Most Frightful Anti-Gay Activists can be of assistance… Be warned, however, these folks aren't for the faint of heart… |