Lady Gaga to Senate: Repeal DADT

Impassioned 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Plea Includes 3-minute call to Schumer
By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff
Posted Sep 17, 2010 2:59 PM CDT

Lady Gaga is appealing directly to the Senate to urge repeal of the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, New York reports. In a black-and-white video, framed by the American flag, Gaga criticizes the "inconsistent and unconstitutional enforcement" of the ban on openly gay personnel, citing advocacy group SLDN's research, which she says "proves that soldiers are being searched, superiors are calling family members, operating on assumptions—ultimately, the law is being enforced using gay profiling." Click here for all things Gaga.
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