Tag Archives: Group: Servicemembers United

Washington Post / Federal Eye: “On Monday, three groups that support lifting the gay ban — the Palm Center at the University of California Santa Barbara, OutServe and Knights Out — said they want lawmakers to pass the [defense authorization bill] whether or not it includes language ending ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ . . . It’s a risky political calculation that puts them in direct conflict with four larger groups more directly involved with lobbying efforts to end the ban: the Human Rights Campaign, the Center for American Progress, Servicemembers United and Servicemembers Legal Defense Network.”

Servicemembers United on YouTube: “Servicemembers United’s Executive Director, Alex Nicholson, explains how to get DADT repeal done during the lame duck session of Congress in November and December of 2010.”

Fourth Estate Newspaper: “Federal Judge Virginia Phillips ruled the ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy of the U.S. military be discontinued Oct. 12, which instituted a worldwide ban on enforcing the policy . . . According to Alexander Nicholson, executive director …

ADF Attorney Gary McCaleb writing at Speak Up Movement / Church: [T]he Department of Justice appealed that deeply flawed decision in Log Cabin Republicans v. Gates—a decision that should never have been made. The lower court should have honored the constitutional separation of powers that vests Congress and the President with control of the military . . . [T]he leftist homosexual advocacy group, Servicemembers United . . . deemed the government’s decision to appeal the Log Cabin case while not appealing the ADF case to be ‘incomprehensible.’ But to borrow a line from The Princess Bride with regard to a similar term, ‘You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.’”

Windy City Media Group: “‘In the very same week, the administration says that it absolutely must appeal a federal court’s decision on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” while it orders the Justice Department not to appeal a federal court’s ruling in favor of the conservative Alliance Defense Fund. This contradiction is simply incomprehensible and insulting,’ said Alexander Nicholson, Executive Director of Servicemembers United and the sole named veteran plaintiff in the case along with the Log Cabin Republicans.”

LezGetReal: “A case brought by the Alliance Defense Fund has removed the restriction on small gatherings under a few dozen wishing to congregate at national parks, including the National Mall in DC. This case, which the Administration will not be appealing makes a lie out of the fact that the Justice Department has to appeal the ruling by Judge Virginia Philips regarding Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”