Article Link:
http://articles.cnn.com/2010-09-20/entertainment/gaga.gays.military_1_repeal-don-t-republican-filibuster-senators?_s=PM:SHOWBIZ
Lady Gaga spoke at a rally in Portland, Maine on September 20, 2010 and also posted a video on her YouTube website asking her senators in Maine and also senators from other states to break McCain’s filibuster on legislation concerning openly homosexual service members in the military. She feels that any citizen wanting to serve in the military should be allowed to do so regardless of their sexual orientation and they should not have to hide their identity to serve their country. She tried to motivate her fans to call their senators in response to the filibuster. I found it really interesting that she called the senators on her video and neither of them answered. It kind of made it feel that the senators were unavailable to be contacted on this issue. The Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy originated in 1993 in the Clinton Administration in order to protect members in the military from revealing their sexual orientation and being harassed for it or discharged. Lady Gaga wanted us to go further than this however by removing this policy but still giving gay service people the same rights to serve their country with dignity as straight people. However, Don’t Ask Don’t Tell still remains in effect as it was not found unconstitutional. I don't understand this as homosexuals are not being given the same rights as heterosexuals with this policy and so it should be unconstitutional.
-Denise Stanton
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