Here's the speech Army Lt. Dan Choi gave on Saturday at the Pink Triangle unveiling ceremony in San Francisco as part of Pride weekend activities.
Choi is an Iraq war veteran, Arabic speaker and West Point graduate. Sounds great? But he is also openly gay, which the military has a problem with. Choi is fighting his dismissal from the Army National Guard for violating the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
He was one of the grand marshals for the San Francisco Gay Pride parade and is waging a high-profile campaign to repeal "don't ask, don't tell" and keep his military career.
Choi hasn't done anything wrong. It's just unfair to him and other gays and lesbians in the military to have to endure this discrimination.
To support his cause, sign this petition.
Posted by Harry at June 30, 2009 11:46 AM
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Im against gay rights, but at the same time im serving in the military and I know a lot of openly gay people. I have not witnessed actions by them that are a detriment to the Armed Forces and believe dont ask, dont tell should be overturned. seem like you have to be an officer to get discharged because a lot of enlisted are getting away with it.