Lady Gaga Puts Senators On Notice Over DADT Repeal

BY ON TOP MAGAZINE STAFF 
PUBLISHED: NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Singer Lady Gaga has put Senators on notice over repeal of “Don't Ask,

 Don't Tell,” the 1993 law that bans gay and bisexual troops from 

serving openly.

A Senate panel will hold hearings this week on a Pentagon report on 

repeal of the law before the measure moves to the Senate floor for a

 vote. That report, which includes a survey that found a majority of 

troops unopposed to repeal, will be released Tuesday.

Seated on an overstuffed sofa and wearing giant sunglasses, the pop 

singer puts senators on notice.

“Senators you have been put on notice by me and by the people of 

this country,” Lady Gaga says in the 2-minute, black-and-white clip.

 “You said you would debate and address this law when the Pentagon

 returned with a strategy and tomorrow morning you will have it.

 Will you keep your word?”

The Alejandro singer adds that the law “reinforces discrimination,”

 which is partially responsible for an alarming gay teen suicide rate.

“Kids are being led to believe that it's OK to hate and condemn based

 on our differences. And this recent horrific news of gay suicides is

 really proof of our social repression and ultimately government 

repression that is killing our youth.” (The video is embedded in the

 right panel of this page.)

Lady Gaga led a one-celebrity campaign against the policy in the fall

 when the Senate first attempted to repeal the ban. She walked the 

VMA's with gay service members who had been booted from the 

military, she recorded a video urging her fans to back repeal, and

 she traveled to Maine to lead a rally to persuade Senators Olympia 

Snowe and Susan Collins to vote against the law.