Veterans Public Forum on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” at the Ohio Statehouse
Veterans Speak in Favor of Repealing “Do not Ask, Don’t Tell” Human Rights Campaign joins gay and straight veterans to hold public forum at Ohio Statehouse www.hrc.org/RepealDADT WASHINGTON, DC — The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) will check out Columbus, OH, this Thursday, December 16, for a public forum on “Do not Ask, Do not Inform.” The forum, featuring 3 Ohio veterans, will highlight the discriminatory law that hurts military readiness and national security whilst putting American soldiers fighting overseas at danger. In October Senator John McCain led a profitable Republican filibuster of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), to which repeal of DADT is attached. A second try to proceed on consideration of the bill also failed to garner the necessary 60 votes final Thursday. On Friday, Sens. Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) and Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced a standalone repeal bill (S. 4023) and nowadays Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and Rep. Patrick Murphy introduced an identical bill in the House of Representatives. The President and military leaders, which includes Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen have voiced their assistance for repealing DADT. Almost 80 % of the American public believes DADT need to be repealed. The Pentagon Complete Operating Group produced its report public on November 30, 2010 showing servicemembers and their households overwhelmingly support repeal. COLUMBUS, OH PUBLIC FORUM Facts: WHAT: Veterans …
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