Lady Gaga rallies for 'don't ask, don't tell' repeal in Maine
 

By the CNN Wire Staff
September 20, 2010 7:29 p.m. EDT

(CNN) -- Declaring that "Equality is the prime rib of America," pop star Lady Gaga urged Maine's two U.S. senators to help break a Republican filibuster on legislation that includes a repeal of the military's ban on openly homosexual service members.
"My name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta. I am an American citizen," the singer told a Portland, Maine, rally organized by the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network. She urged Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe, both Republicans, to support the repeal of the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" rule and share "the greatest cut of meat that my country has to offer" with gays and lesbians in the military.

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http://cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2010...dadt.rally.cnn

As much as I hate Gaga, I do admire her for trying to use her fame for something good like this.

I like Lady Gaga but am tired of her regardless of what she's talking about.

It's obvious I don't pay enough attention to celebrities' personal lives because I had no idea she was gay before right now.

She's a lesbian? Where'd you get that from? (was it in the article?)

I don't think she's gay. I think she is just aware of her demographic.

She made a comment about being gay in the speech. I then did some research and apparently she stated in a RS article that Poker Face was about her bisexuality.

That's news to me. I've heard her flip-flop about it in interviews.

Flip-flop = unintentional pun

Apparently she confirmed it on 20/20 as well when interviewed by Walters. Like I said though, all news to me.

I wonder if she made a donation to the Service Members Legal Defense network, and I'd also like her to not just target straight service members who target gay service members. There are plenty of gay service members and politicians who are prejudiced as well, Larry Craig I'm looking under the stall door at you. Anyone who is being prejudiced or bigoted needs to be dealt with.

Omg.

Another famous Idaho alumnus!

Public Crapper Toe Tapper. He's a member of Delta Chi by the way, and you can stomp on his name that he paid for on a step in The Commons.

:mad: :o

Yeah, we took him out of the informational brochures lol.

I wish President Obama had half the backbone that Lady Gaga has when it comes to facing the DADT issue. I sincerely hope that those attending the rally contacted the offices of Senators Snowe and Collins to ask the two women to vote against the proposed fillibuster. I fear that the former is afraid that she will be targeted in 2012.

Well Gaga also doesn't have to fight with congress tooth and nail to get things done.

Lady Gaga is bi.

I agree - "don't ask don't tell" is nonsense. Unfortunately, I don't think she'll get particularly far with the Maine senators - because of the Republican Party's conservative stance and because she's a resident of Connecticut, not Maine. But I have to applaud her for her attempts.

Way to go giving an entertainer more props than the President. Yeah, Gaga has to grapple with balancing political issues and citizen concerns as President Obama does.

The Maine senators have a history of not voting (as often) the party line though. Even if they don't vote to repeal, they are some of the bets hope of breaking the essentially automatic filibuster. (As well as Scott Brown and a few others).

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LOL. The E.T. one is the most random one.

I thought she was a hermaphrodite.

The appropriate term is intersexed and those are rather maliciously intended rumors.

On the terminology note, some hermaphrodites do not like the term "intersex" and prefer "disorders of sex development." Meanwhile, others prefer "hermaphrodite" or "intersex" as the biological or technical terms.

I remember when Jamie Lee Curtis was rumored to be a hermaphrodite. That tends to happen with people (particularly women) who are falsely labeled as androgynous because they don't have the (stereo)typical masculine or feminine traits.

That's a new one for me. I tend to roll with whatever someone tells me as their own identification of course.

This.

That and the fact that she and her sister (Kelly) were both given names that can be used for either males or females.

Although if you've seen Trading Places, Jamie Lee's twins hardly lend themselves to androgyny rumors.

Nice how she wears a dress made of meat one night and then wants to be taken seriously the night after that....mmkay....what can ya say?

I think she has the right to express her opinion on whatever. But I agree, with your comment about taking her seriously. I thought she was a dope before she spoke out on this issue and I still have that opinion. :)

I wonder how many lawmakers thought, " I was against the repeal of DADT but now that Lady Caca has spoken up about it, I've changed my mind"?

She has no influence over politics.