Someone told me recently that since I am approaching geezerhood, I shouldn’t like Lady Gaga. It made no sense to me, and I replied that I’ve been a music fanatic most of my life and, sorry, impending geezerhood or no, I think Lady G is great. She’s certainly been busy lately, and we don’t just mean picking up all those awards at Sunday’s MTV soiree. Since a federal judge in California ruled that DADT is unconstitutional, Gaga has also turned into a strong, vocal advocate for the repeal of the military’s Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy. She showed up for the MTV awards with four former military personnel who had been dismissed because they were openly gay. She’s tweeted her fans, asking them to contact Sen. Harry Reid to urge him to hold a debate on the issue (Reid tweeted her back, saying a vote on DADT is scheduled for next week.)
The superstar singer is coming to Charlotte Saturday, and to Raleigh on Sunday, as part of her Monster Ball tour. Here’s hoping the Lady will use part of her time in North Carolina continuing her push for the repeal of DADT. In case you’re wondering, U.S. Sen Kay Hagan of N.C. voted last spring to end DADT; Sen. Richard Burr, currently in a re-election campaign, does not support repeal.
This article appears in Sep 14-20, 2010.
What is the arrogant Congress scheduled to vote on?
The court has ruled that the law is unconstitutional. It doesn’t matter whether or not Congress repeals it. It doesn’t matter whether or not the Pentagon “changes their policy”.
The only way to keep it is to appeal to a higher court to overturn the decision.
Doing that would clearly show the voters that President Obama was not serious about repealing it.
Obama has indicated that the court that ‘overturned’ DADT had no authority to do so. Accordindly, DADT is still the law of the land. No single federal judge can change that without a concuring appeal to the US Supremes. Obama could pull a Arnold S or Jerry Brown and refuse to ‘appeal’ (aka Prop 8) but Obama’s AG says that he will defend DADT in court on appeal.
I agree with that. Looking forward to November 2nd.
am i the only one who doesn’t like lady gaga’s new song?