Don\’t Ask Don\’t Tell

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) says that members of the National Socialist Movement — the white nationalist group that was based in Minnesota until late 2007 — have infiltrated the military and that social networking sites run by the neo-Nazi group have a number of military personnel as members.

Sen. Scott Dibble, DFL-Minneapolis, was one of 300 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender leaders invited to a reception with President Obama on Monday. The reception, largely seen as an attempt to quell growing LGBT criticism of the Obama administration, marked the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots.
Dibble brought with him several letters to give to [...]

Ashwin Madia’s campaign for Congress ended on Election Day with his loss to Erik Paulsen in Minnesota’s Third District. This week the former Marine embarked on another campaign: overturning the U.S. military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy.

Four Harvard University students were arrested at a military recruiting center in Portland, Maine, on Wednesday and charged with criminal trespass after they refused to leave. One of those arrested was Minnesota resident Jake Reitan. Reitan tried to enlist at the military recruiting center, but was denied when he disclosed that he is a gay [...]

“Don’t ask, don’t tell” (DADT) has been a failed military policy. That was the consensus Monday night among gay and lesbian veterans and law students gathered at the University of Minnesota Law School to hear Aaron Tax of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) describe challenges that members face when the military learns that they [...]