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"Our nation frican American queer leaders and activists should salute them for their service, their hon / \ have launched a campaign to generate black support for same-sex marriage and to fight esty and their courage." against the recently proposed Federal Marriage The officers also joined 13 other retired senior military leaders in issuing a statement condemn Amendment. ing the gay han. “There is one inescapable con Speaking at a press conference Dec. 8 in clusion— ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ does not work and Washington, D.C., members of the National should he repealed,” they said. “Tixlay, no credi Black Justice Coalition vowed to engage all major black political and civil rights leaders and ble evidence exists to support a continued han. many black religious leaders to support their Indeed, all studies, including those commissioned by the Pentagon, have come to that conclusion." effort. The group also called on all black civil rights organizations and political leaders to take The Times story and statement came on the a strong position against the amendment. 10th anniversary of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” “African Americans support civil rights for all I policy. Since it became law, nearly 10,000 men Americans, and our judgment will not he cloud and women have been discharged for being gay, ed by the smoke and mirrors of a few vocal oppo lesbian or hi. According to figures from the nents,” s<tid best-selling author Keith Boykin, one General Accounting Office, the cost alone of of the coalition members. The group also training replacements for those discharged has includes Cambridge, Mass., City Councilor Ken exceeded $300 million in the past decade. Reeves and Mandy Carter of Freedom to Marry and Southerners on New Ground. “The right wing fired the first shots in this battle, hut today we fire hack,” said coalition member Donna Payne, Human Rights Gun- paign senior constituency field organizer. “We will not allow the out-of-touch radical right to divide the black community on this issue." The coalition announced a major national campaign that will include raising and spending $100,000 for targeted advertisements in the black media, developing a Web site to counter right-wing misinformation and holding press conferences to announce new allies. The group j Retired Brig. Gen. Virgil A. Richard, Rear already has the support of Coretta Scott King; Adm. Alan M. Steinman and Brig. Gen. U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga.; former U.S. Sen. Keith Kerr spoke out against “ don’t ask, Carol Moseley Braun, D-III.; the Rev. Al Sharp- don’t tell” on the policy’s 10th anniversary ton; actress Whoopi Goldberg; and several other -v- key African American public figures who have come out in favor of same-sex marriage. he U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Assoc ia- tion hoard of trustees unanimously rejected a proposal Dec. 5 to create a chapter for its gay, wo generals and an admiral publicly lesbian, hi and trans graduates. acknowledged their sexual orientation for U SN A Out had filed a petition for official the first time Dec. 10 in The New Ytrrk Times. recognition on Veteran’s Day last month. Jeff The three retired officers are the highest- Petrie, the group’s elected president, said the deci ranking military leaders to reveal they are gay. sion against recognizing U SN A Our was based on Brig. Gen. Keith Kerr, Brig. Gen. Virgil A. the hoard’s desire to exclude gay men and lesbians from establishing a formal alumni chapter. Richard and Rear Adm. Alan M. Steinman said the military’s queer ban damages readiness and According to the association’s official state the recruitment and retention of service- ment, the board denied the request because it members. They also called on the Pentagon to did not want to establish a chapter that served a curb anti-gay harassment. They said they hoped "discreet group": “The alumni association has other officers would follow their lead. never before chartered a special-interest chapter C. Dixon Qsbum, Servicemembers Legal and does not want to begin that practice.” Defense Network executive director, praised Rather, the statement says, the association will Kerr, Richard and Steinman for their courage. sanction chapters on the basis of geography. “They provide irrefutable evidence that our However, Petrie noted that the association has,
