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Title: Join The Club, Lt. Choi
Post by: Shana A on March 31, 2010, 01:05:41 PM
Post by: Shana A on March 31, 2010, 01:05:41 PM
Join The Club, Lt. Choi
Filed by: Monica Roberts
March 30, 2010 6:00 PM
http://www.bilerico.com/2010/03/join_the_club_lt_choi.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2010/03/join_the_club_lt_choi.php)
DADT repeal activist and founder of the West Point GLBT group Knights Out Lt . Dan Choi was recently quoted in a Newsweek interview as saying he felt "so betrayed" by HRC.
I have great respect for her (Kathy Griffin) as an advocate. But if [the Human Rights Campaign] thinks that having a rally at Freedom Plaza with a comedienne is the right approach, I have to wonder. Don't Ask, Don't Tell is not a joking matter to me. To be at Freedom Plaza and not at the White House or Congress? Who are they trying to influence? I felt like they were just trying to speak to themselves. If that's the best the lobbying groups and HRC can do, then I don't know how these powerful groups are supposed to represent our community. Kathy Griffin and [HRC president] Joe Solmonese said they would march with me to the White House but didn't. I feel so betrayed by them.
Join the club, Lt. Choi.
Filed by: Monica Roberts
March 30, 2010 6:00 PM
http://www.bilerico.com/2010/03/join_the_club_lt_choi.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2010/03/join_the_club_lt_choi.php)
DADT repeal activist and founder of the West Point GLBT group Knights Out Lt . Dan Choi was recently quoted in a Newsweek interview as saying he felt "so betrayed" by HRC.
I have great respect for her (Kathy Griffin) as an advocate. But if [the Human Rights Campaign] thinks that having a rally at Freedom Plaza with a comedienne is the right approach, I have to wonder. Don't Ask, Don't Tell is not a joking matter to me. To be at Freedom Plaza and not at the White House or Congress? Who are they trying to influence? I felt like they were just trying to speak to themselves. If that's the best the lobbying groups and HRC can do, then I don't know how these powerful groups are supposed to represent our community. Kathy Griffin and [HRC president] Joe Solmonese said they would march with me to the White House but didn't. I feel so betrayed by them.
Join the club, Lt. Choi.