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White House Calls Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Meeting With Gay Groups

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010

White HouseGay rights groups and senior Obama officials met Tuesday at the White House to discuss repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the 1993 law that bans gay and bisexual troops from serving openly.

The Washington Post is reporting that President Obama appeared briefly at the meeting. The president stopped by “to directly convey to the participants his personal commitment on the issue,” an unnamed official told the paper.

Groups invited included representatives of the Center for American Progress, the Human Rights Campaign, Servicemembers United, the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, the Palm Center, a think tank at the University of California at Santa Barbara, the Stonewall Democrats and the Log Cabin Republicans. They met with several senior Obama officials, including White House Deputy Chief of Staff Jim Messina and senior adviser Valerie Jarrett.

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DC: White House Planning Meeting With GLBT Community Leaders

Monday, June 21st, 2010

In the midst of the anger from LGBT community over the DOJ DOMA defense brief that equated same-sex marriage with pedophilia and incest and the inadequate response to that anger by the Obama Administration and that Administrations total lack of substantive action on concrete LGBT issues … LGBT broadcaster Michelangelo Signorile and Blogger John Aravosis are reporting that it sounds as if gay leaders have been invited to a party at the White House thrown just for them at the end of this month and are warning that leadership it would be unwise for them to attend.

Aravosis, who has been particularly vocal in his criticism of the Justice Department brief and the Obama Administrations lack of action on LGBT civil right issues, said yesterday…

It’s clear that the purpose is two-fold. First, the White House is trying, again, to surround the president with A-list gays in order to show how “gay friendly” he is – he’s even willing to give a speech in a room full of them for a full 8 minutes! And second, the White House hopes that a little champagne and fancy food will convince the A-listers to throw the rest of you overboard. Because, after all, what’s two gay service members discharged a day and an ongoing effort to legally label you as akin to pedophilia and incest, when there’s champagne to be served.

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US: Deal on DADT Repeal Would Pass Now, Take Effect Over Several Years

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

Congressional Democrats reached an agreement Monday with the White House and possibly the Pentagon on a key legislative step toward repealing the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that bars openly gay soldiers from the military.

In a letter to President Obama obtained by CNN, three congressional sponsors of legislation to repeal the policy outlined the proposed agreement that would set contingencies based on completion of a military review of the matter already under way and subsequent final approval from the president and military leaders.

Specifically, the proposed agreement calls for repeal to become final only after completion of the military review expected by the end of 2010, followed by a review certification from Obama, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen.

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After the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Protest at White House, Where is Dan Choi?

Friday, March 19th, 2010

As you know, Lt. Dan Choi got arrested today at the White House along with Capt. James Pietrangelo. Both men handcuffed themselves to the White House gates in protest of the President’s “ambivalence” over repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. The odd thing is that Dan appears to be missing. Kerry Eleved at the Advocate reported that the Park Police said Dan was being held in Anacostia. A friend called the MPD station in Anacostia, and they told him that they weren’t holding anyone. The Park Police also reported that Dan was being held overnight, which, according to an MPD source, is unusual if in fact Dan is being charged with “failure to obey a lawful order,” as it’s being reported, usually you’d be released on bail immediately. So why are Dan and James being held overnight? And why can’t anyone even find out where they’re being held?

UPDATE: We have more information. This is increasingly disturbing. It increasingly looks as though someone has decided to play hardball with Dan and James. The Park Police say that Dan is not being released on bail. Dan also has not made his phone call to the person designed to pay his bail – the person’s phone number is written on Dan’s arm, so there’s no chance he doesn’t have it. That means that Dan apparently is not being permitted a phone call, and thus not being permitted to have anyone pay his bail. Why not? We have just learned that Dan is in fact being charged with “failure to obey a lawful order,” yet that charge usually means you get processed, you pay bail, and you leave. Then why are they not letting Dan Choi leave, but instead are holding him to be arraigned? Why are they apparently not permitting Dan his phone call?

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