Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Has Ended. Celebrate Today, Fight More Tomorrow.
As of 12:01 today, September 20, 2011, Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell has officially ended, and gay, lesbian, and bisexual service members can no longer be kicked out of America’s armed forces, just for being gay, lesbian, or bisexual.
Today, we should celebrate. Tomorrow, we must continue the fight.
Fight for our transgender brothers and sisters to be included in the end of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.
Fight for our transgender brothers and sisters to live safer lives.
Fight for full equality on all fronts, including marriage and ENDA.
Fight for full equality for all, including all minorities, not just those who are LGBT.
Fight to strengthen separation of church and state.
Fight for economic equality.
Fight for the right to full access to health care.
Fight for the right to life — life free of uncontrolled gun violence, life free from the uncontrolled lies we hear every day from the Right, from religious extremists, from our enemies.
Fight for the right to education, equal and free of right-wing anti-science, anti-equality indoctrination.
Fight for women’s right to choose.
Fight for the right to live our lives free of the injected ignorance right wing extremists have spread throughout this great land.
Add to this list: What else do you think we should be fighting for?
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