Domestic violence + DADT
May. 22nd, 2009 07:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
greenie_breizhSpanish Judge: Gay men not protected by domestic violence law. This is ridiculous and quite terrifying. Now, domestic value is a topic plagued with sexism and I do think there is a need to be particularly attentive to women in situation of heterosexual domestic abuse (I am particularly distrustful of claims that men and women can be equally violent not because I believe men are inherently more violent than women but because these claims typically ignore structural gendered inequalities). But to say that men are not protected by domestic violence laws is unbelievable and proof that the law has serious flaws. It seems like a pretty obvious thing to say that men that find themselves in abusive situations should be able to be protected by the law, so I'm glad at least the judge who said this also admitted that the law needs to be revised.
On the Don't Ask, Don't Tell ongoing story:
- Defense Secretary Gates still not ready to sign on to DADT repeal. I completely agree with Soltz when he says that it's a lie that this can't be done quickly. I'm not saying this can be done overnight but I really don't think it's all that complex - like he says, these people are already serving. It's just about not getting them kicked out. This is mostly a problem we're creating for ourselves, and when you get to the bottom of it, it's kind of scary what's behind it. And ridiculous. I mean, you're already showering with a gay guy and it's not killing you, there's no reason it'll kill you once you know he's gay and he's still not checking you out.
- White House: “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” under review. This is a slightly more encouraging article that suggests the White House is working on it. I'm very curious to see where it will go, and whether the Obama adminstration will keep its promise. I don't think it's the hardest to keep so I will be disappointed if they don't make an effort. Especially since they don't officially support same-sex marriage (for reasons of political viability or not, but the end result is the same) and they don't seem to be doing much about DOMA.
And that's it for tonight's information bulletin. :)
(Oh wait - the California Supreme Court might rule on Prop 8 today, but if it happens it'll probably get a post of its own. I just love to spam your f-lists!)
On the Don't Ask, Don't Tell ongoing story:
- Defense Secretary Gates still not ready to sign on to DADT repeal. I completely agree with Soltz when he says that it's a lie that this can't be done quickly. I'm not saying this can be done overnight but I really don't think it's all that complex - like he says, these people are already serving. It's just about not getting them kicked out. This is mostly a problem we're creating for ourselves, and when you get to the bottom of it, it's kind of scary what's behind it. And ridiculous. I mean, you're already showering with a gay guy and it's not killing you, there's no reason it'll kill you once you know he's gay and he's still not checking you out.
- White House: “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” under review. This is a slightly more encouraging article that suggests the White House is working on it. I'm very curious to see where it will go, and whether the Obama adminstration will keep its promise. I don't think it's the hardest to keep so I will be disappointed if they don't make an effort. Especially since they don't officially support same-sex marriage (for reasons of political viability or not, but the end result is the same) and they don't seem to be doing much about DOMA.
And that's it for tonight's information bulletin. :)
(Oh wait - the California Supreme Court might rule on Prop 8 today, but if it happens it'll probably get a post of its own. I just love to spam your f-lists!)
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Date: 2009-05-22 09:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-25 07:06 pm (UTC)Thought you might be interested. Are you also on StumbleUpon, by any chance?
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Date: 2009-05-25 07:21 pm (UTC)And I have never heard of StumbleUpon before, what is it?
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Date: 2009-05-25 07:33 pm (UTC)StumbleUpon is a tool that lets you give it preferences and then you click a button and it will direct you to a page it think you will like. That's how I found that! And you can send pages to people and stuff - it's really fun. Google it!