Rep. Patrick Murphy Vows To Keep Fighting For DADT Repeal For This Year Despite Robert Gates Letter To Hold Off
Hot, Humpy and real friend and advocate to Lesbian and Gay Service members Rep. Patrick Murphy, the chief sponsor of the House bill to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”, says he and other lawmakers were “blindsided” by Defense Sec’y Robert Gates’ letter on Friday, and vows to fight on for repeal this year.Said Murphy to The Advocate:
“After my three years in Washington, I think when folks tell you to walk away, that’s usually a sign that you’re getting close. So we have to keep working, people need to call their members of Congress, their Senators. Obviously, the letter was a setback, but I know we’re on the right side of history here and we’re going to keep fighting till we get this done this year…I said from the get-go that just because change is hard it doesn’t mean it can’t happen. We have a bi-partisan bill to repeal ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ in the House of Representatives. We have Republican support, we have Colin Powell now on board, we even have Dick Cheney calling for repeal. We need to keep fighting.”
Why can’t he be our President?
