Brody's Notes... National Stonewall Democrats Call On Obama Administration To Deem DADT Unconstitutional

By Linsey Pecikonis (Washington DC) OCT 20 |  Michael Mitchell, Executive Director of the National Stonewall Democrats, released the following press statement in response to Judge Philips’ denying the government’s request to stay the injunction against ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell:'

“In the absence of full, legislative repeal – which was obstructed by Republicans in the Senate just last month – we are glad for today’s ruling that continues to halt discharges for now, but we remind LGBT service members that the injunction can be appealed and rescinded at any moment, and they should be careful about coming out until full repeal is accomplished. Hopefully, the continued pressure from the injunction will push Congress, the President and the military to quickly extinguish the odious Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy once and for all.

Many paths to repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell have been charted and started simultaneously. For those service members who are proudly serving our country – but serving silently – and for those who have already been discharged, the process is entirely too slow.

If the Obama administration is going to appeal this decision to higher courts, then we need to hear the President say that he believes DADT is unconstitutional. We need to hear it in a context of a plan that includes several back-ups, especially if Sen. McCain is serious about his churlish and misguided threat of another filibuster in the lame duck session.”