If you missed the CBS 60 Minutes segment on Don't Ask Don't Tell you can view it here: Military Soft On Don't Ask, Don't Tell?.
It's an interesting segment and comes across as pro-repeal of the innocuous policy. We need to commend the women and men who speak out and stand up for what they believe. We also have to applaud the Will & Grace Generation, as the servicemen interviewed refer to them, for their sane attitude that older blighties don't have. [You have to see the video to understand the blighty part.]
We also need to support the effort of repealing DADT.
The Servicemembers Legal Defense Network is an organization that not only provides legal defense services to its members but is leading the fight against DADT. They have begun a new campaign called 60 in 6 to raise $600,000 in six days to help defend servicemembers who are discriminated by DADT.
Interestingly, Army Sergeant Darren Manzella who was the main interview on the segment and who has been open and accepted by men and women with whom he serves, now believes that as a result of this interview he will be dismissed when previously his commanding officers told him to "go back to work."
Click here to donate - 60 in 6
[i found it interesting that every person that Leslie Stahl interviewed who was against repealing DADT had a southern accent. nah..., maybe i was just imagining it...]
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