Representative Patrick Murphy (D-Pa.) has launched a high-powered Gays in the Military Campaign, or GIMC, for short. Starting with a July 8 news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., the multi-million dollar "Voices of Honor" tour has scheduled media events in at least seven cities. More...
posted by CMR Editor @ 7/31/2009 02:03:00 PM
On July 30, 2009, the Washington Times broke a news story that effectively torpedoed the high-powered campaign for gays in the military. In an article titled "Is Obama Administration Listening to the Troops?" Base News editor Grace Vuoto reported the results of a previously-unpublished survey done by the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA). It also referenced a link to the MOAA survey, which illustrated poll results with dramatic bar graphs. More...
posted by CMR Editor @ 7/30/2009 03:43:00 PM
Activists for gays in the military, apparently adopting the leftist mantra "by any means necessary," have launched four major attempts to circumvent the 1993 law stating that homosexuals are not eligible to serve in the armed forces. The statute, which is frequently mislabeled "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," enjoys strong support in the military. Gay activists and their friends in Congress nevertheless are determined to impose a San Francisco-style agenda on the armed forces---incrementally if not all at once. More...
posted by CMR Editor @ 7/17/2009 05:10:00 PM
On June 30, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced that he had asked the Defense Department general counsel, an Obama administration political appointee, to find a more "humane" way to enforce the 1993 law stating that homosexuals are not eligible to serve in the military. More...
posted by CMR Editor @ 7/08/2009 10:55:00 AM
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