Don't Ask, DO Tell: I called Senator Brown's office today to ask him to vote YES on REPEAL of the Don't Ask Don't Tell policy. They were polite and listened. They said they would pass my sentiments on to him. If you have not heard Lady Gaga speak on this important issue I urge you to click on the link below. It is one of the best, most poignant and dramatic speeches I have ever heard on this issue. It took a 24 year old rock star to give a shot in the arm and a hammer over the head of those intractable ideologues who are keeping DADT from dying the sad death it deserves. Those who support DADT are unconstitutionally condemning an entire group of men and women who are citizens of this country and who are willing to die for this country by preventing them from doing what everyone else in this country takes for granted and that is to live a life without discrimination and without fear and -- if one wants -- to serve in our military.

Whether those of you on my list live in Mass or not please call or email your senators if you haven't already to vote to support REPEAL of Don't Ask Don't Tell. This policy is UNCONSTITUTIONAL and has been stated so by a Federal court. Secretary of Defense Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff Adm. Mullen have voiced their approval of repealing this bad policy.

This CANNOT and SHOULD not stand. These people want to RISK their lives and serve the country they love just as much as any other soldier would and sometimes more because they have had to keep one of the most important aspects of a person's life secret. Put yourself in their place. Would YOU ever want to keep the person you love a secret? This is NOT the way to run a cohesive and psychologically effective military. The vote will be happening this afternoon. I ask you to call your senators this morning and ask them to support REPEAL of this vote today.

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