This is no time for President Obama to fire military linguists like Choi.

We're in two "wars" in the Middle East and the crisis in Pakistan is escalating. Is America's dedication to inequality more important that our military success and national security?

May 12, 2009

Gay Soldier Writes: "Don't Fire Me"



1st Lt. Dan Choi, an Iraq war vet and Arab translator who received formal notice that he was being kicked out of the Army National Guard a month after he came out and formed a support group for LGBT West Point graduates, has penned an opinion piece for CNN.

In an open letter written to "President Obama and Every Member of Congress," Choi pleads not to be fired, saying he served with dedication for 10 years under "don't ask, don't tell."

He calls it "an immoral law and policy that forces American soldiers to deceive and lie about their sexual orientation."

Read the rest of Choi's letter here.

http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid83693.asp

This is no time to allow the right wing to stampede us out of valued personnel.

Please write to President Obama and ask him to suspend military firings based on DADT. Contact form:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

Please let's stand with Dan Choi. Please pass this along to your networks. The form takes 30 seconds to fill out.