Lt. Colonel Victor Fehrenbach: Don't Ask, Don't Tell

[kiyakotari]

As a citizen of this country, and as someone who has had many family members serve in the military and who has been recently considering joining the Air Force myself, I am horrified by the fact that this archaic, bigoted, and blatantly discriminatory policy is still in existence. The knowledge that it is being used to unjustly punish someone like Lt. Colonel Fehrenbach, a man who has risked his life many times over in the service and protection of this great nation, a man who has committed no offense warranting such a punishment, and a man who has proven time and again his loyalty to the United States of America, her people, and her values, sickens me to the core. How can our nation's military fight in wars across the globe, claiming to defend freedom, when that same military imposes such a ridiculous restriction on its devoted soldiers?

http://www.sldn.org/page/s/fehrenbach

Go there. Read it. If you're not sure, do some research on him and on the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy. Sign the petition. Change starts with one person.

Comments

[kittie98.livejournal.com]

DAMN this is bullshit. I hate that the US military can discriminate as they please.

Signed the petition.

[lionhearts.livejournal.com]

I... I don't even know what to say to that. You would honestly hope these systems would operate more as meritocracies, but no. No, if you're an unassuming, regular guy that excels at his job who just happens to be gay a big fag in the military and somebody finds out, it doesn't matter how good at your job you are, you are fired. Get on home, son.

Blows the mind.