Lady GaGa's Message to the Senate: Repeal DADT

Recently, Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (a.k.a. Lady GaGa) created a video on YouTube to contact the Senate. In her video, she asked the Senate to repeal the DADT (Don't Ask, Don't Tell) policy. She also called her Senator, Chuck Schumer, attempting to leave a voice message asking him to vote with Hary Reid and Carl Levin to repeal the DADT policy in the United States of America.

For those of you who do not know of the DADT policy, it is, as Stefani stated, "A law that was created in 1993 that prevents gays from serving openly in the military."

She also states, "Since then, 14,000 Americans have been discharged from the Armed Forces, refused the right to serve their country, and sent home, regardless of honorable service or how valuable they may have been to their units. 400 soldiers under President Obama's administration alone were discharged under DADT."

Stefani continued to explain, "Advocacy by organizations such as the SLDN, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, have shown the inconsistent and unconstitutional enforcement of this law. 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' asks that serving gay and lesbian soldiers hide and keep private their sexual orientation under the protection and the promise that the government will not ask them to tell or disclose their sexuality."

"SLDN's advocacy," pop-star Lady GaGa explained, "proves that these soldiers are being searched, superiors are going through their e-mails and private belongings, calling family members and operating based on assumptions. Ultimately, the law is being enforced using gay profiling, and gay soldiers have become targets."

"In short," Stefani explained to her viewers, "not only is the law unconstitutional, but it's not even being properly or fairly enforced by the government."

These quotes came directly from Stefani (a.k.a. Lady GaGa) herself. To find her video, search YouTube for "A message from Lady Gaga to the Senate Sept 16 2010" or navigate to her channel by searching for "ladygagaofficial".

To take action against the DADT policy, visit SLDN's website to find more information. There, you'll find, on the homepage itself, more information about Stefani's movement to abolish the DADT policy.

Thank you for taking the time to read my post and I hope that you, too, will help in repealing and abolishing the DADT policy.