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Thursday, August 13, 2009

FUK DADT - The End of DADT

TIME to roll out and introduce the new CCCO educational program called.... FUK DADT. For those of you who would like to pronounce this title in polite company (or public media) it's best to refer to it as "the CCCO End of DADT" program. We know that's a mouthful (cough!) but we don't want you to get fined by the FCC when you mention us on the airwaves.

So, WTF??

FAITHFUL - Stand Fast in service to your country

UNBOWED - Stand Tall in declaring your identity

KNOWN - Stand up with your Brothers and Sisters


NO ONE really knows for sure how many LGBTQ service members are currently active duty. Estimates run as high as 65,000. CCCO would like every LGBTQ service member and every service member who supports the end of DADT to imagine what would happen if 65,000 + service members came out on the same day. Wow. Imagine that.

CCCO CAN ONLY ask that we "imagine" what would happen because it is illegal for anyone to "organize" service members in the U.S. military. Coming out is a personal decision that each and every LGBTQ service member must make on their own. Under DADT rules coming out is illegal and could result in the service member being discharged. And there is absolutely NO guarantee that President Obama would lift a finger or pen to prevent 65,000 service members from being discharged. He could just let it happen. In 1981 then President Reagan fired 13,000 federal air traffic controllers for having the audacity to strike for better working conditions.


WE COULD ARGUE that this is entirely different. LGBTQ service members would NOT be striking; they would NOT be threatening a "sick out"; they would NOT be willing to leave military service voluntarily. Quite the opposite...LGBTQ service members would only be telling their Commander-in-Chief who they are and asking for the opportunity to serve their country. Oh...wait a minute.....don't ask, don't tell.

UNTIL the day every LGBTQ service member finally says, "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore" DADT will continue to exist. But you didn't hear it from us.
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