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florence henderson page 27 In good ‘Taste’ Gov’t moves to block DADT injunction by Rex Wockner
Editor’s note: Windy City Times will post breaking news online at www.windycity- mediagroup.com about Judge Virginia Phillips’ decision regarding the injunction against ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ as soon as it becomes available.
The U.S. government moved Oct. 14 to block a Riverside, Calif., federal judge’s worldwide injunction issued two days earlier that bars the government from mak- ing any further use of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” military gay ban. Justice Department lawyers asked U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips to sus- pend the injunction while the government appeals it, saying her mandated, im- mediate, universal end to DADT was imprudent and could harm the U.S. military. As of this writing, Phillips had not responded to the stay request, and Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell remains unenforceable worldwide. In issuing her injunction, Phillips said DADT violates servicemembers’ and pro- spective servicemembers’ Fifth Amendment due-process rights and First Amend- trevor project Beyondmedia held its “Taste of Ten” last week to mark its page 9 ment rights to free speech and to petition for redress of grievances. 10th anniversary. See more photos on page 30 and online She permanently enjoined the United States, the defense secretary and anyone at http://www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com. Photo by Kat Trevor Project Executive Director Charles working with them from enforcing or applying DADT against any person. Robbins was in Chicago last week for a Fitzgerald (MysticImagesPhotography.com) benefit. Photo by Denver Smith Turn to page 5
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Find Nightspots on www.WindyCityQueercast.com 4 Oct. 20, 2010 WINDY CITY TIMES Students protest ONLINE AT WINDYCITYMEDIAGROUP.COM Robin Obama in Boston McGehee. by Chuck Colbert NATIONAL NEWS Photo by Rex President Barack Obama headlined a get-out-the- Wockner vote rally for Democratic Governor Deval Patrick in Boston on Oct. 16. The rally took place at the Hynes Convention Center in the city’s Back Bay neighborhood, drawing thousands of sup- —Arson suspected porters. at Tenn. gay club About 10 minutes into Obama’s speech, a handful of protestors, advocating increased fed- eral funding for HIV/AIDS, heckled the president —Andrew Cuomo it would be sent to the White House for clear- and raised a sign reading “Keep the Promise: (left) ance. They informed her that she would hear Fight Global AIDS.” wants to make GetEQUAL back from them at 11 a.m. (Oct. 11). However, The protestors were local college students ‘equality a reality’ when they did not call at 11 a.m., Itzel phoned “fighting for global health equity,” said Arjus them and was informed that they were both de- zaps Obama Suri, a first-year student at the Harvard Medi- —Colo. billboard nied access by the White House.” cal School. “Candidate Obama promised $50 bil- shows Obama But DCCC National Press Secretary Ryan Ru- lion to fight global AIDS.” But “he’s delivered on as mobster, gay man in Miami dominer contradicted that version of events. by rex wockner only one-tenth of that promise.” “Ms. Diaz called on Friday and said she may be During the president’s remarks Obama men- interested in attending the event with a guest,” GetEQUAL attempted to confront President Ba- tioned his administration’s increased funding for Rudominer said. “However, Ms. Diaz did not con- seeking a second four-year term. rack Obama in a three-pronged zap of a fundrais- HIV/AIDS. firm attendance, payment was not submitted Activists from Join the Impact and advocates er at NBA star Alonzo Mourning’s home in Miami But not enough for Suri. Yes, “[w]hen the and no information was provided for vetting.” of increased HIV/AIDS funding were clear—Pat- on Oct. 11. A fourth component of the protest president said he funded AIDS a little bit more, GetEQUAL cofounder Robin McGehee said rick was not their target. allegedly was thwarted by the White House. he was right,” Suri said. “One-tenth is not Obama will be seeing more of the group. A student at Fisher College, Ian Struthers of As the presidential motorcade drove into the enough. An inch is not a mile. It’s not enough “President Obama has failed to deliver on his Join the Impact said he wanted to hear the gov- Coconut Grove estate, activists held large signs to pay lip service by saying he’s funded more.” campaign promises to the LGBT community, and ernor and to show support for the president. demanding that Obama “End the discharges Also inside the convention center, gay-rights we will continue to remind him of that failure,” Still, “I wanted to tell Obama that I want the now” and announcing, “We’ll give when we activists from the grass roots group Join the she said. “If the president is going to travel same rights as everyone else. I want and end to GetEQUAL.” The president reportedly rolled down Impact MA reproached Obama for balking on around the country asking for our dollars and DADT, and an inclusive ENDA so that I can have his window and waved to the protesters. same-sex civil marriage. our votes, then we are going to travel with him job security. I work and pay taxes and am like A bit later, activists boarded boats and got as Boston College law student Paul Sousa shouted and insist that he first give us some of the hope everyone else—except that I date men.” close as possible to the events as Obama spoke out several times during Obama’s remarks: “Mr. and change he promised.” Harvard College senior Krishna Rabhu ex- on the estate grounds. They blasted bullhorns President, stop the bigotry! Support marriage McGehee said Obama should immediately sign plained his reasons for protesting. “It’s not the and loudspeakers from a yacht covered with a equality!,” “Do you also oppose atheist mar- an executive order halting discharges under the governor. We support Deval Patrick. We wanted banner that said, “Stop the discharges!” riage?” “Would you want a civil union?” DADT gay ban, which has been struck down by Obama’s ear.” The White House press-pool reporter accompa- The rub for Sousa is Obama’s reliance on reli- a federal court in California. At the moment, an Sending Obama a message for marriage equal- nying Obama made note of the disruption in her gion to justify civil unions but stopping short at injunction from the court forbids the govern- ity, Sousa said, “Best comes from Massachu- fourth dispatch. marriage equality. ment from making any use of DADT. The Justice setts,” referring to the commonwealth’s status The group also set aloft weather balloons car- In fact, during an interview with the Chica- Department on Oct. 14 asked the judge to sus- as the first state to allow gays to wed legally in rying their logo and URL. go Tribune, Obama told the newspaper, “I’m a pend the injunction while the government ap- 2004. Opposite-sex marriage has not suffered in A plan to confront Obama inside the fundraiser Christian. And so, although I try not to have peals it. the last six years. In fact, Massachusetts retains was thwarted when the White House refused to my religious beliefs dominate or determine my The Pentagon is presently conducting a study the lowest divorce rate in the country. let Anthony Woods attend the pricey soirée, ac- political views on this issue, I do believe that on how to formally end the ban. A measure au- cording to GetEQUAL’s version of events. Woods tradition, and my religious beliefs say that mar- thorizing its repeal passed the House of Repre- is a Democratic former congressional candidate riage is something sanctified between a man and sentatives this year but failed to pass the Sen- who was fired from the military under the Don’t a woman.” ate. Ask, Don’t Tell gay ban. But for Sousa, civil marriage is the issue, not It is unclear whether the repeal authorization “(Woods) was the guest of Itzel Diaz who was religious marriage. will be considered again between the November told to send her information over to the DCCC Challenging Obama over marriage equality is a elections and the time new House and Senate (Democratic Congressional Campaign Commit- slight change of tactics among local activists. In members take office in January. tee) by the deadline on Friday at 5 p.m.,” said previous Obama protests, representatives from Democrats are expected to lose seats in both GetEQUAL spokesman Brad Luna. “Itzel spoke Get Equal heckled the president over not doing houses. with the DCCC RSVP contact and was told there enough to lift the ban on openly gay service in —Assistance: Bill Kelley was room, that she simply needed to send her the military and for not pushing hard enough info over by the deadline—which she did—and for federal legislation to ban sexual orientation discrimination in the workplace. Along the campaign trail, many Democrats have shied away from the president. But the Massachusetts governor has embraced him. They are close friends, and both hail from Chicago’s South Side. Patrick, an ardent backer of gay equality, is in tight race with a Republican challenger. Both candidates favor gay rights, but the GOP’s Char- lie Baker has offended many LGBT voters by dis- missing a transgender-rights measure, saying he would veto “the bathroom bill.” Democratic Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick ad- The rally came just 10 days after 300 LGBT dressed a group of 300 LGBT supporters and community leaders and allies raised more than their allies during a recent reception. Photo $160,000 for the Democratic governor, who is by Chuck Colbert
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505_Chicago_Windy City Times.indd 1 12/16/09 1:30:05 PM WINDY CITY TIMES Oct. 20, 2010 5 LCR lawyer Dan Woods: “We are not surprised DADT from cover by the government’s action, as it repeats the Pentagon to recruiters: Accept gay applicants broken promises and empty words from Presi- She ordered the U.S. military and the defense The Pentagon has told military recruiters that brey Sarvis, said, “During this interim period of dent Obama avowing to end Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell secretary to “immediately ... suspend and dis- they have to accept gay and lesbian individuals uncertainty, service members must not come out while at the same time directing his Justice De- continue any investigation, or discharge, sepa- to apply to join the military, according to the and recruits should use caution if choosing to partment to defend this unconstitutional policy. ration, or other proceeding, that may have been Washington Post. However, the recruiters must sign up. The ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ law is rooted Now that the government has filed a request commenced under the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ also inform applications that the injunction in any statement of homosexuality made at any- for a stay, we will oppose it vigorously because Act.” against “don’t ask, don’t tell” (DADT) could be time and to anyone. A higher court is likely to brave, patriotic homosexuals are serving in our Phillips also granted plaintiff Log Cabin Re- lifted at any time. issue a hold on the injunction by Judge Phillips armed forces to fight for all of our constitutional publicans’ request to apply for attorneys’ fees On Oct. 12, Federal District Court Judge Vir- very soon. The bottom line: if you come out rights while the government is denying them and LCR’s request to file a motion for costs of ginia Phillips ordered an immediate injunction now, it can be used against you in the future by theirs.” suit. against the policy, halting all discharges and in- the Pentagon.” GetEQUAL Director Robin McGehee: “Today’s The injunction followed a nonjury trial that vestigations conducted under appeal by President Obama’s Department of was held July 13-23, and Phillips’ issuance of DADT. A ruling was expected Justice is not only indefensible—it is yet an- her opinion striking down DADT on Sept. 9. Oct. 19, although initial state- other shocking lack of leadership from the White But the Justice Department was having none ments seemed to indicate that House on issues of equality for the LGBT com- of it and sought an order staying application she would not lift the stay. If munity. ... Yet again, we are faced with action of the injunction pending appeal. Should Phil- she does not lift the injunc- by this administration that stands in stark con- lips not comply by noon Oct. 18, Justice said it tion, the government is ex- trast to the campaign rhetoric and lofty speech- would seek “an immediate administrative stay” pected to appeal to the 9th es about equality that continue to be served up from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals “to Circuit Court of Appeals in San as progress to our community.” allow the orderly litigation of the stay request Francisco, Calif. Obama, for his part, tweeted: “Anybody who before that Court.” In response to the Penta- wants to serve in our armed forces and make “As the President has stated previously, the gon-related development, sacrifices on our behalf should be able to. DADT Administration does not support the DADT stat- Servicemembers Legal Defense will end & it will end on my watch.” ute as a matter of policy and strongly supports Network released a statement Look for the latest news regarding “Don’t its repeal,” the Justice Department told Phil- urging openly gay applicants Ask, “Don’t Tell” on http://www.WindyCity- lips. “However, the Department of Justice has to be careful. The organiza- MediaGroup.com. long followed the practice of defending federal tion’s executive director, Au- SLDN’s executive director Aubrey Sarvis. statutes as long as reasonable arguments can be made in support of their constitutionality, even if the Administration disagrees with a particular statute as a policy matter, as it does here.” Beyond that, the injunction was imprudent, disrupting and frustrating, and is possibly harm- ful, the government said. “(T)he Department of Defense has established a high-level Working Group that is currently conducting a comprehensive review of the stat- WELCOME ute and how best to implement a change in policy in a prudent manner,” the lawyers said. “The Working Group is nearing completion of TO A MORE INVITING FUTURE. its report to the Secretary, which is due on De- cember 1. The immediate implementation of the injunction would disrupt this review and frus- trate the Secretary’s ability to recommend and implement policies that would ensure that any repeal of DADT does not irreparably harm the government’s critical interests in military readi- ness, combat effectiveness, unit cohesion, mo- rale, good order, discipline, and recruiting and retention of the Armed Forces.” Furthermore, the Defense Department isn’t up to the task of stopping DADT cold, the lawyers said. “The DADT statute implicates dozens of DoD and Service policies and regulations that cover such disparate issues as benefits, re-accession, military equal opportunity, anti-harassment, and others,” they wrote. “Amending these regu- lations would typically take several months, because of the need to notify and seek input HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT from all affected to ensure that changes do not inadvertently result in unanticipated negative Associate of Applied Science/Bachelor of Science effects on the force. Properly implementing any change in policy would thus be a massive under- taking by the Department and the military and Visit us online at: cannot be done overnight. And if the Court’s www.artinstitutes.edu/chicago judgment is reversed on appeal, the Department Toll-Free: 800.351.3450 | Local: 312.280.3500 and the military will have to implement another major policy change—creating further disrup- tion and confusion.” CREATE TOMORROW Gay advocates were not pleased. DESIGN MEDIA ARTS FASHION CULINARY Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmo- nese: “It is certainly disappointing and frustrat- ing that the administration has sought a stay.” Servicemembers Legal Defense Network Ex- ecutive Director Aubrey Sarvis: “We are disap- pointed but not surprised.” Servicemembers United Executive Director Alexander Nicholson: “This request from the Obama administration asking Judge Phillips to stay her own injunction was expected, but it is nevertheless disappointing in light of the presi- dent’s claim that Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell harms na- tional security and impairs military readiness. 180 North Wabash Avenue • Chicago, IL 60601-3608 ... (W)e all hope that our commander in chief The 180 N. Wabash facility is a satellite location of The Illinois Institute of Art — Chicago. will fiercely advocate for the immediate elimi- nation of anything that stands in the way of national security and military readiness.” T:10.25 in 6 Oct. 20, 2010 WINDY CITY TIMES T:13.5 in
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