ASMR - CRAIG STOWELL, FORMER NH MARINE, TO SPEAK AT DADT REPEAL EVENT IN KEENE

On Tuesday, September 20, the 17-year-old policy that has required gay
service men and women to hide their sexual orientation, known as “Don’t Ask,
Don’t Tell” will officially end. Craig Stowell, a former NH Marine who
spoke out in favor of marriage equality to the NH Legislature to support the
rights of his gay brother, will attend the event.
http://www.towleroad.com/2011/02/watch-former-nh-marine-speaks-out-for-marri
age-equality.html

He will join special guest Kayla Calkin, the regional field director for
Obama for America who will represent the President at this momentous
occasion.

The law was signed by President Bill Clinton on December 21, 1993 under the
full title, Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Don’t Pursue and was intended as a
compromise policy to allow gay and lesbian service-members to remain in the
military. The impetus for the policy was the death of Allen R. Schindler,
Jr, a Navy Radioman Petty Officer Third Class who was brutally murdered by a
fellow shipmate Japan on October 27, 1992 for being gay.

Repeal Day celebrations will be held around the country. The Monadnock Live
Free and Equal Coalition host the event at the Keene Public Library
Auditorium on by showing the film, Serving in Silence: The Margarethe
Cammermeyer Story (1995) starring Glenn Close. Cammermeyer was a Colonel in
the National Guard who was discharged for disclosing that she was a lesbian,
and went on to win a court case in 1994 that resulted in her reinstatement.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114395/

The celebration will begin at 6 with refreshments and the film will be shown
at 7p.
For more information, contact Susan MacNeil at 603-357-6855, visit Monadnock
Live Free and Equal Facebook page or email susan.macneil@asmronline.org.


Susan MacNeil, Executive Director
AIDS Services for the Monadnock Region - www.asmronline.org
The Cleve Jones Wellness House - www.asmronline.org
Live Free and Equal -www.monadnocklivefreeandequal.wordpress.com
POB 396, 16 High Street
Gilsum, NH 03448
ph: (603) 357-6855
fax: (603) 358-5091

Supported in part by the City of Keene and Monadnock United Way.

In 2011, we acknowledge that 30 years of AIDS is too long. Do your part to
stop AIDS. Join our movement to end the discrimination and stigma that fuel
the AIDS pandemic. Abolish Ignorance Demand Solutions.

ASMR - GREETINGS FROM OBAMA REPRESENTATIVE AT "DON'T ASK, DON 'T TELL" REPEAL EVENT

On Tuesday, September 20, the 17-year-old policy that has required gay
service men and women to hide their sexual orientation, known as Don’t Ask
Don’t Tell, will officially end. Kayla Calkin, the regional field director
for Obama for America will represent the President at this momentous
occasion.

The law was signed by President Bill Clinton on December 21, 1993 under the
full title, Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Don’t Pursue and was intended as a
compromise policy to allow gay and lesbian service-members to remain in the
military. The impetus for the policy was the death of Allen R. Schindler,
Jr, a Navy Radioman Petty Officer Third Class who was brutally murdered by a
fellow shipmate Japan on October 27, 1992 for being gay.

Repeal Day celebrations will be held around the country. The Monadnock Live
Free and Equal Coalition host the event at the Keene Public Library
Auditorium on by showing the film, Serving in Silence: The Margarethe
Cammermeyer Story (1995) starring Glenn Close. Cammermeyer was a Colonel in
the National Guard who was discharged for disclosing that she was a lesbian,
and went on to win a court case in 1994 that resulted in her reinstatement.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114395/

The celebration will begin at 6 with refreshments and the film will be shown
at 7p.

For more information, contact Susan MacNeil at 603-357-6855, visit Monadnock
Live Free and Equal Facebook page or email susan.macneil@asmronline.org.

Susan MacNeil, Executive Director
AIDS Services for the Monadnock Region
The Cleve Jones Wellness House
Live Free and Equal
POB 396, 16 High Street
Gilsum, NH 03448
ph: (603) 357-6855
fax: (603) 358-5091
www.asmronline.org
Supported in part by the City of Keene and Monadnock United Way.

In 2011, we acknowledge that 30 years of AIDS is too long. Do your part to
stop AIDS. Join our movement to end the discrimination and stigma that fuel
the AIDS pandemic. Abolish Ignorance Demand Solutions.

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE GARY JOHNSON CALLS DADT CERTIFICATION "GOOD NEWS – BUT LONG OVERDUE"

July 22, 2011, Manchester, New Hampshire - Republican Presidential Candidate Gary Johnson today released a statement on the Pentagon’s certification of the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell and the U.S. military announcement of their preparedness to accept openly gay and lesbian service members, and that doing so will not harm military readiness.

“The Pentagon’s certification for the implementation of the repeal of DADT is good news –– but long overdue," Johnson said. "It should not have taken endless study and hand wringing for the United States to join many other nations in recognizing that our military need not discriminate against openly gay service men and women.”

"DADT is just one more example of the federal government trying to dictate the private lives of free people.  It's repeal is progress, but we have much more to do to get the government out of the business of discriminating on the basis of personal choices and lifestyles."

"As I have stated before if the Republican Party is going to capture the White House in 2012 we need to be the party that promotes freedom from government intervention into our personal lives.  Those who continue to promote discrimination and bigotry within the Republican Party in an attempt to pander to social conservatives will cost us the general election. Not only should Republicans be the party of efficient management of the pocket book, but we need to be the party of personal liberty and personal freedom."

 
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About Presidential Candidate Gary Johnson:  Gary Johnson, a Republican and two-term Governor of New Mexico from 1994-2002, has been a consistent and outspoken advocate for efficient government and lowering taxes. During his time as Governor he vetoed 750 bills and cut the rate of state government in half.

NHDP Chair Ray Buckley's Statement the Presidents' Signing DADT Repeal into Law

Concord - New Hampshire Democratic Party Chair Ray Buckley issued the following statement after attending the President's signing the repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' in Washington DC this morning.

"Today, I watched as the promise of equality for all Americans, that was outlined by our founding fathers over 200 years ago, took an enormous leap forward with the repeal of the discriminatory 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy. The overwhelming majority of our men and women in uniform support the end of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' as do both the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the vast majority of New Hampshire and American citizens.

"President Obama's signature ended nearly two decades of LGBT Americans being forced to live a lie and serve the nation they love in secret.  Inequity and discrimination are fundamentally Un-American ideals and the repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' reaffirmed that they have no place in our country.

"I commend President Obama, Senator Shaheen, Congresswoman Shea-Porter, and Congressman Hodes for all of their hard work to bring this institutionalized discrimination to an end.  I also want to thank all of the men and women serving in uniform around the globe for their continued sacrifice."



NHDP Chair Ray Buckley's Statement on the Repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'

Concord - New Hampshire Democratic Party Chair Ray Buckley released the following statement applauding today's vote in the United State's Senate to repeal the discriminatory 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy.

"I commend Senator Shaheen and her colleagues for voting to repeal the ban preventing LGBT Americans from openly serving in the United States' armed forces.  The overwhelming majority of our men and women in uniform support the end of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' as does the vast majority of New Hampshire and American citizens, and both the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

"Inequity and discrimination are fundamentally Un-American ideals and they are exactly what 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' has represented for the past 17 years.  

"I also want to thank all of the men and women serving in uniform around the globe for their continued sacrifice."