Tell your senator: Don't delay DADT repeal!

Right-wing conservatives in Congress are trying desperately to delay the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and it's up to us to stop them.

A few weeks ago, House Republicans still fuming over the passage of repeal last year added a series of hostile amendments to delay repeal and undermine gay and lesbian families into the National Defense Authorization Act. Now, the key Senate Armed Services Committee is poised to act on these amendments as soon as Tuesday.

One or both of your U.S. senators serves on the committee and could be a deciding vote on the future of DADT repeal. Your voice can be an incredibly powerful tool at this critical moment, and HRC supporters nationwide are counting on folks like you to speak out today.

Tell your senators: Americans don't want you to delay repeal!

Anti-LGBT legislators are trying to complicate the military's own implementation plan and introduce spurious issues into the conversation even though military leaders have made clear that implementation is progressing well and they have not expressed any need for additional legislation. Military leaders even testified on the record that further delays aren't needed.

Yet House Republicans persisted in using hostile amendments to delay the repeal of DADT, put restrictions on military chaplains from performing legal marriages and deny equal access to military facilities. Now, the Senate is poised to do the same thing.

Help send a strong message to Senate Armed Services Committee members today that we will not stand for further delay or complication. Brave lesbian and gay soldiers want only to serve their nation openly. Repeal is supported by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Secretary of Defense, and the vast majority of Americans not to mention that it was decided on by a clear vote in Congress and signed into law by President Obama.

Repeal must move forward as planned. At election time, voters will remember those who thwarted the will of Congress and the American people and focused on defending discrimination instead of real national security concerns.

Your senator needs to hear from you today. Please take just one minute of your time today to send your message.

This is simply an underhanded attempt to undermine LGBT families and keep Americans from serving their nation openly, even though repeal has already passed. We can't let the forces of tired, angry prejudice win.

Urgently,

Joe Solmonese
President