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Repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

Target: U.S. House of Representatives
Sponsored by: Human Rights Campaign

What if you had to lie everyday in order to keep your job or even worse, prevent imprisonment? "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," the current U.S. policy prohibiting gays from serving openly in the military, is the only law in the country that forces people to do just this.

Sexual orientation has no bearing on a person's ability to serve in the military. What the U.S. military and America need are the best and the brightest soldiers and "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" is currently limiting our nation's skilled service members. In fact, denying enlistment to patriotic Americans and terminating serving members based on sexual orientation threatens military readiness and national security while simultaneously putting American soldiers fighting overseas at risk!

"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" is a failed and antiquated policy. Send a message to your member of Congress letting them know that you believe in equality and encourage them to support the Military Readiness Enhancement Act (HR 1283). Urge Congress to enact a policy of non-discrimination and improve national security by allowing all talented and capable Americans to serve their country.

deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 30,000

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As your constituent, I am writing today to strongly urge you to support the Military Readiness Enhancement Act (HR 1283). "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," the current U.S. policy that prohibits openly gay, lesbian and bisexual Americans from serving in the military, is threatening the strength of our national security and needs to be repealed and replaced.

The Military Readiness Enhancement Act would prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and in turn strengthen all branches of the military by allowing all qualified Americans to serve their nation.

A strong and powerful military is undoubtedly important, but supporting "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" actually undermines the security of our nation -- denying our military the personnel it needs to fill critical shortages within its ranks. The policy has not only discharged critical members of the military such as doctors, mechanics and linguists, but according to GAO reports it has cost U.S. taxpayers more than $200 million to replace service members discharged based on their sexual orientation.

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We took action on “Repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"”!

# 24,978:

3:59 pm PST, Nov 20, Jo Berry, Alabama
Being gay or lesbian in no way impacts a person's patriotism - his or her love for the United States. Please no longer make a person deny who they are in order to serve their country. Thank you for your time.

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3:55 pm PST, Nov 20, Carol Rapaport, Illinois

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3:35 pm PST, Nov 20, Geoff Grace, California

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3:34 pm PST, Nov 20, Shelia Sheckles, Nevada
Equality For All

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3:21 pm PST, Nov 20, Joan Grace, California

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3:13 pm PST, Nov 20, Nancy Dugan, New Mexico
I was in the Army nurse corp and found many gay women and men there. The thing to do then was to ignore the situation, but if it's not "illegal" then we would all be on the same page and things would be more fair.

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3:10 pm PST, Nov 20, Jamie Bengtson, Maryland

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3:10 pm PST, Nov 20, Kelli LeBlanc, Florida

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2:54 pm PST, Nov 20, Jennifer Amaral, California

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2:54 pm PST, Nov 20, Name not displayed, Virginia
Although men in the military may be gay, they are still helpful. Some have talents that are extremely needed such as knowing several foreign languages.

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2:54 pm PST, Nov 20, David Duttweiler, Texas

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2:46 pm PST, Nov 20, Bradshaw Cummings, ND, Maine

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2:46 pm PST, Nov 20, Phillip Battaglia, Florida

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2:44 pm PST, Nov 20, David & Gill Dunkerley, Spain

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2:44 pm PST, Nov 20, Name not displayed, Indiana

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2:40 pm PST, Nov 20, Maralyn Toman, Florida

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2:24 pm PST, Nov 20, Sharon Ellingson, Wisconsin

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2:10 pm PST, Nov 20, Gordon Burkett, Indiana

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2:03 pm PST, Nov 20, Sandy Kuderski, Maryland

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2:01 pm PST, Nov 20, DORIS LEHR, New York

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1:48 pm PST, Nov 20, Name not displayed, Indiana
I believe in equality. and i support the Military Readiness Enhancement Act (HR 1283). I urge you to enact a policy of non-discrimination and improve national security by allowing all talented and capable Americans to serve their country.

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1:39 pm PST, Nov 20, Bronwen Mahardy, New York

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1:07 pm PST, Nov 20, Name not displayed, Pennsylvania

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1:04 pm PST, Nov 20, Rita Drapkin, Pennsylvania

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1:03 pm PST, Nov 20, Jimmie Reid, Alabama

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12:58 pm PST, Nov 20, Rachel Chleborowicz, Illinois

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12:57 pm PST, Nov 20, Merle Bird, Kansas
So many changes in our culture's perceptions in my lifetime, yet we hang on to many of those and a few new ones besides. Separation of church and state removes most of the excuses for the anti-gay movements that we see, and all or most of the rest are based on erroneous beliefs. "Rights" are matters of interest. In too many cases they come down to money makes the difference. So under the circumstances our E-2's, E-3's and E-4's suffer from rank discrimination.

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