Out of the 239 Republican members of the House of Representatives, 227 voted in favor of this obstructionist amendment that seeks to prolong discrimination in an arm of the federal government. 9 Republicans, however, had the good sense to see Huelskamp’s effort for what it was.

Christopher Lee shouldn’t have resigned just because it appears that he had some extramarital sexual affairs. Christopher Lee should have resigned from Congress because his extremist political agenda refused to recognize the marital rights and sexual legitimacy of other adult Americans.

Out of the 15 Democrats who crossed the aisle on the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell repeal, only six have managed to keep their seats. That makes the anti-gay House Democrats a remarkably unsuccessful group.

An online petition created on Act.ly urged Senator McCaskill to support S. 3065, the Military Readiness Enhancement Act, but what happened to the petition?

Blanche Lincoln is trailing badly behind Congressman John Boozman, in large part because her right-leaning agenda has alienated her from the progressive portion of Arkansas Democratic voters. Her vote today against LGBT equality won’t help her with that problem.

It does not do for the Congress to pander to those in the military who wish to perpetuate discrimination. Lindsey Graham ought to know better than to suggest otherwise.

What Ike Skelton ought to be worried about is what mommy and daddy are going to tell the 17 year-old child who comes to them and asks why the U.S. Congress is allowing the government to discriminate against people on the basis of private sexuality.

A list of the Republicans and Democrats who crossed party lines on this week’s vote on an amendment that would repeal the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell military policy of discrimination against homosexual soldiers.

One of the features of the American military is that it is supposed to serve determined civilian aims as a branch of government subordinated to civilian control. In the Groundhog Day hearing this year on the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy of discriminating against gay and lesbian Americans, and in the upcoming follow-up hearing in [...]

In an NPR interview, Duncan Hunter explains why the Coloreds must not be allowed to serve with White soldiers in the U.S. Military: I think that the majority of people in the military are, they’re young kids. They usually have more conservative families, more conservative backgrounds and I think that it would go against their [...]