DADT vote happening now

[Jess]

Thanks for the link Theo! What amazes me is that even after her discharge, this woman chose to work with vets. It says a great deal to her integrity and her loyalty to our armed forces.

Thanks again. I am also excited beyond words at the progress being made!

[theoddz]

Originally Posted by Jess

Thanks for the link Theo! What amazes me is that even after her discharge, this woman chose to work with vets. It says a great deal to her integrity and her loyalty to our armed forces.

Thanks again. I am also excited beyond words at the progress being made!

I agree, Jess.

Speaking to the point you bring up about working with Vets.....there are many, many of us Vets out here who have chosen to work with other Vets. I, like Maj. Witt, was discharged against my will, though I was discharged for a reason related to my medical condition and not specifically because of my sexual orientation.

I think there is something "healing" about working with Vets, at least for me. I think Maj. Witt would understand this, if not feel similarly, herself. I wasn't able to complete my service contract for reasons I had no control over, either, but working as I do now with Vets, has helped to fill that void. In a strange sense, I feel like my employment with the VA has allowed me to serve in a capacity which I am able, even if it is not in uniform. The Veteran community is *my* community, a part of me. I've met and talked to a few other Vets, over the years, who have found themselves in similar circumstances, for whatever reason. I totally understand why Maj. Witt would and has *chosen* to put her skills, professionalism, heart and soul into working with Veterans. American Veterans are simply second to none.

I can't find the words to express how very happy and proud I am for Major Witt and the many, many proud service members and Veterans whom this case will affect in a lot of very meaningful and healing ways.

~Theo~

[Jess]

Petition to Eric Holder to allow fed court ruling that DADT is unconstitutional to stand!

http://gayrights.change.org/petition..._ask_dont_tell

[Tommi]

Originally Posted by Jess

Petition to Eric Holder to allow fed court ruling that DADT is unconstitutional to stand!

http://gayrights.change.org/petition..._ask_dont_tell

I sit here watching it live on CNN.

Tears stream down my face for those who know, and those who do not. For those who ended their careers and their lives for coming out in the military.

For those who fought for this for years, and for those that have risen above and know our truth. Now we can serve openly and proud.

Honorably Discharged, but by the grace of God.

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[Sparkle]

Lt. Dan Choi gets his West Point ring back from Sen. Harry Reid

In a vivid moment of political theater at a conference last summer, Lt. Dan Choi -- a combat vet discharged from the Army after acknowledging he's gay -- handed his West Point ring to Sen. Harry Reid. The majority leader promised to return it when "don't ask, don't tell" was repealed. After dropping a Twitter hint this week, Choi scored an invitation to President Obama's bill-signing Wednesday... then closed the loop that afternoon in a meeting at Reid's office, where the senator gladly handed him his ring. Story over? Not for Choi: "The next time I get a ring from a man," he tweeted later, "I expect it to be for full, equal, American marriage."

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/rel...to_dadt_s.html