http://www.irishcentral.com/topics/Don%27t+Ask%2C+Don%27t+Tell IrishCentral Don't Ask, Don't Tell en-us http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/manhattan_diary/cindy-mccain-blasts-husband-over-dont-ask-dont-tell-107466263.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/manhattan_diary/cindy-mccain-blasts-husband-over-dont-ask-dont-tell-107466263.html Fri, 12 Nov 2010 05:20:15 PST Cindy McCain is now starring in a hard-hitting public campaign that directly tackles Don't Ask, Don't TellIf the United States government is sending the message that LGBT people are second class citizens McCain asks, can we really be surprised when they're daily harassed, bullied and attacked in our nations schools and streets?Her stance puts her at powerful odds with her own husband, Senator John McCain, who enthusiastically supports Don't Ask, Don't Tell and will likely continue to even when a much anticipated internal military study next month confirms that the policy's repeal will have minimal impact on our armed servicesConservatives are already calling the as yet unseen military report "flawed," and talking about requesting a study of the study - a delaying tactic to postpone what is looking increasingly inevitable But beyond the political posturing a rather sad fact is being revealed: the McCain family itself (mother and daughter) stand in dramatic opposition to the policy that John McCain ardently supports READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/manhattan_diary/stephen-colbert-blasts-dont-ask-dont-tell-103927794.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/manhattan_diary/stephen-colbert-blasts-dont-ask-dont-tell-103927794.html Tue, 28 Sep 2010 07:35:14 PDT The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cThe Word - Army of Mumwwwcolbertnation READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/manhattan_diary/dont-ask-dont-tell-ruled-unconstitutional-102659719.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/manhattan_diary/dont-ask-dont-tell-ruled-unconstitutional-102659719.html Fri, 10 Sep 2010 03:05:12 PDT That popping sound you hear is wingnut heads exploding To other ears, though, it may sound like champagne corksBecause if you haven't already heard, yesterday a federal judge affirmed what the majority of the American people have already known for a decade – that it’s time for ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ to meet the dustbin of historyU READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/manhattan_diary/bill-oreilly-slams-obama-over-dont-ask-dont-tell-99333169.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/manhattan_diary/bill-oreilly-slams-obama-over-dont-ask-dont-tell-99333169.html Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:20:13 PDT On last night's Tonight Show, the Fox News commentator Bill O'Reilly discussed the Dan Choi discharge with host Jay LenoO'Reilly, who recently compared gay men to Al Qaeda, is an unlikely champion of LGBT equality - but last night he attacked President Obama for perpetuating the discrimination'President Obama has the power to stop this 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' business Just sign an executive order READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/manhattan_diary/troops-tell-admiral-mullen-to-repeal-dadt-84585367.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/manhattan_diary/troops-tell-admiral-mullen-to-repeal-dadt-84585367.html Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:35:12 PST Admiral Mike Mullen held a 25-minute question and answer session with troops in Amman, Jordan yesterday At the end of the session not one of them asked him about "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" so he brought the subject up on his own, McClatchy reports:"As it turned out, none of the two dozen or so men or women who met with Mullen at Marine House in the Jordanian capital Tuesday had any questions on the 17-year-old policy that bars gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military — or Mullen's public advocacy of its repeal"McClatchy continues:"At Tuesday's session, which included not only Marines, but members of the Army and the Air Force, both male and female service members explained why they were nonplussed by the issue: They'd already served with gays and lesbians, they accepted that some kind of change was imminent, and, they said, the nation was too engulfed in two wars for a prolonged debate about it That there's been so little reaction raises questions about how much study the issue needs and whether the Pentagon study is meant to pacify its concerns — or Congress' READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/roots/finnegans_awake/dont-ask-dont-tell-grandma-79583012.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/roots/finnegans_awake/dont-ask-dont-tell-grandma-79583012.html Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:17:28 PST Posted by MeganFinnegan at 4/17/2009 5:49 PM EDT Recently, President Obama and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates issued a statement that ending the unconstitutional “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy in the military is not a priority for the administration right now They are putting it on the back burner All Catholics, gay or straight, are familiar with the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy In my family, it is unspoken policy that you can go about your heathen ways as long as you don’t tell Grandma READ MORE ]]>