Right Piles on Lady Gaga for Gay Activism
by Kilian Melloy
Tuesday Sep 21, 2010
http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=110592The anti-gay right is piling on Lady Gaga for her pro-LGBT equality activism, especially her recent comments favoring the repeal of the ban on openly gay troops in the armed forces.
The best-selling pop music phenomenon addressed a rally in Maine on Sept. 20 to urge that state's senators to stand behind a provision in the current defense budget bill that would set aside Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT), the 17-year-old law, passed in 1993, which mandates separation from the service of any member of the military who comes out as gay or lesbian. Lady Gaga also created a video on Sept. 16, addressing the full Senate on the issue and citing Arizona Sen. John McCain by name. McCain has threatened a filibuster of the legislation unless the language pertaining to DADT is removed.
