Tell President Obama: Keep your promise to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."

[Mari333]

sign the petition, a request from Lt Dan Choi: (only takes a minute of your time)

'Lt. Dan Choi is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and an Iraq War veteran. Last March he went on Rachel Maddow's show and spoke three truthful words: "I am gay."

As a result, Lt. Choi received a letter from the Army on April 23 discharging him for violating the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. He told Rachel Maddow the letter was "a slap in the face" to himself and the soldiers he as commanded and served with over the past decade.

Lt. Choi is fighting to stay in the military and ensure that no other soldier is ever again discharged as a result of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." CREDO Action and the Courage Campaign are joining his effort to secure equality in our armed forces. '



https://act.credoaction.com/campaign/dontfiredan/index.html?r=3553

[William769]

1. Done K&R!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x8409603

[Solly Mack]

2. I got the email. Did. K&R

[Mari333]

3. posting the email i got too

Dear XXXXXXX


In March, I went on Rachel Maddow's show and spoke three truthful words: "I am gay."

As an infantry officer, an Iraq combat veteran and a West Point graduate with a degree in Arabic, I refuse to lie to my commanders. I refuse to lie to my peers. I refuse to lie to my subordinates.

As a result, the Army sent a letter discharging me on April 23. The letter is a slap in the face. It is a slap in the face to me, and it is a slap in the face to the soldiers who I have commanded and served with over the last decade.

I have served for a decade under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" — an immoral policy that forces American soldiers to lie about their sexual orientation. Worse, it forces others to tolerate deception. As I learned at West Point, deception and lies poison a unit and cripple a fighting force.

That's why CREDO Action and the Courage Campaign are getting behind me today. And I'm getting behind them along with Knights Out — an organization I founded to bring attention to the ways "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" undermines our national security.

I need your support. Please ask President Obama not to fire me. Click here to sign CREDO Action's petition asking the President to end the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.

In the ten years since I first raised my right hand at the United States Military Academy at West Point and committed to fighting for my country, I have learned many lessons. Courage, integrity, honesty and selfless service are some of the most important.

That's why my discharge from the Army is so painful. I am not accustomed to begging, but I am begging President Obama today: Do not fire me.

My subordinates know I'm gay. They don't care. They are professionals. My soldiers are more than a unit or a fighting force — we are a family and we support each other. Will you support me as well?

Click here to ask President Obama to keep his promise — he needs to tell Congress to repeal the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law and support equality in the military.

Very Respectfully,

Daniel W. Choi
1LT, IN
New York Army National Guard

[ClayZ]

4. Done K and R

[Deep13]

5. It's an obvious Fist Amendment violation.

Being gay will not get a soldier fired.

Only saying so will. Choi was fired because of what he said about himself.

[Deep13]

6. I meant "First Amendment." nt

[applegrove]

7. Jon Stewart made a point last night. All the GOP say they needed enhanced

interrigation techniques to get information from insurgents. But the person who can translate the insurgents'answers gets fired for something as trivial as it getting out that he is gay.