WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum doubled down on his recent comments opposing allowing gay soldiers to serve in the U.S. military, invoking the image of soldiers showering together to explain his support for reinstating the discriminatory “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. “The problem is that sexual activity with people who you are in close [...]
Today, the White House made formal what Metro Weekly first reported on Sept. 23: Gautam Raghavan, the former deputy White House liaison at the Department of Defense, is the new LGBT liaison in the White House Office of Public Engagement. White House spokesman Shin Inouye told Metro Weekly today in a statement, “The White House is pleased to [...]
WASHINGTON — President Obama forcefully called for the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act on Saturday night at the annual Human Rights Campaign fundraising dinner, but he did not come out in support of marriage equality, as some hoped he would do. The 3,000 attendees at the dinner, which took place at the Washington [...]
WASHINGTON — The 15th annual fundraising dinner for the Human Rights Campaign on Saturday was different from past events for one big reason: Openly gay active-duty servicemembers were able to wear their military uniforms without any fear of retribution. Ret. Staff Sgt. Eric Alva, a gay veteran who has been an outspoken supporter of LGBT [...]
WASHINGTON — The 15th annual fundraising dinner for the Human Rights Campaign on Saturday was different from past events for one big reason: Openly gay active-duty servicemembers were able to wear their military uniforms without any fear of retribution. Ret. Staff Sgt. Eric Alva, a gay veteran who has been an outspoken supporter of LGBT [...]
WASHINGTON — Appearing on ABC’s “The View,” Vice President Joseph Biden said it was “reprehensible” for members of the audience at the most recent Republican presidential debate to boo a soldier simply because he was openly gay. “I did have a visceral response to it,” Biden said. “I’m not sure if it’s because my son [...]
WASHINGTON — Appearing on ABC’s “The View,” Vice President Joseph Biden said it was “reprehensible” for members of the audience at the most recent Republican presidential debate to boo a soldier simply because he was openly gay. “I did have a visceral response to it,” Biden said. “I’m not sure if it’s because my son [...]
President Obama took aim at Republicans on Sunday while speaking at a fundraiser in Silicon Valley and shared his reaction to the audience at a recent GOP presidential debate booing a gay soldierwho had asked a question about “don’t ask, don’t tell.” Here are his comments “You’ve got audiences cheering at the prospect of somebody dying [...]
During the Republican debate Thursday night, host Megyn Kelly dropped a YouTube clip on Rick Santorum: a question from Stephen Hill, a soldier in Iraq who, up until this week, had to “lie about who [he] was” in order to serve in the army. Santorum provided Hill no succor, saying that the repeal of “don’t ask, [...]
WASHINGTON — Tuesday’s parties celebrating the end of “don’t ask, don’t tell” are giving way to a morning-after reality: gays who left the military because of the policy may have a tough time getting back in. Despite headlines about hundreds of discharged service members flocking to recruiting stations to re-enlist, most are unlikely to get their old [...]
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