Your weekday morning blend from Instant Tea:
1. All 823 couples who played the New York City marriage lottery have won! The lottery initially guaranteed only 764 slots on Sunday — the first day same-sex marriage will be legal in the Empire State. But NYC officials now say they’ll accommodate all couples who entered, although 74 who signed up to wed in Manhattan will have to travel to another borough. For more on the start of same-sex marriage in New York, check out Yonkers native David Taffet’s round-up from Thursday.
2. After 18 long years and some 15,000 discharges, the Pentagon and President Barack Obama are set to put the final nail in the coffin of “don’t ask, don’t tell” today. Obama, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, are expected to certify the repeal of DADT when they meet in the Oval Office this afternoon, which would begin a 60-day waiting period before the policy officially — and finally — comes to an end. According to our calendar, that means the big day will be Sept. 20, which happens to be just two days after Dallas Pride. Is it too late to change this year’s theme?
3. If not, perhaps they can just turn Pride into a retirement party for Texas Republican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, who told MSNBC this morning that she objects to the Pentagon’s decision to certify DADT repeal. “I really don’t think we should be putting people who are in harm’s way, in very close quarters, in any kind of uncomfortable position,” Hutchison said. “I think it is not the right decision, but it’s a decision that’s been made.” Watch video from ThinkProgress below:
Finally DADT is almost over! FYI – https://OutMilitary.com is providing a supportive place for gay servicemen and women to friend, share and network in a post DADT era.
LMAO at that old sack of bones KBH regarding putting service members “in any kind of uncomfortable position.” Kay, rest assured that the bottoms will not be forced to top and vice versa. And if they were, what’s more uncomfortable than being in a war zone with Al Qaeda and the Taliban? STFU already.
she’s such a bitch – good ridance
Uncomfortable situation is being in a room with this smelly hag, Key Bailey Hutchison.
Did she ever feel uncomfortable in close quarters with her own staff members who were gay? In the office? In the same car? She makes no sense.
Kay has the most beautiful men around her. The women look great too, heels, makeup and all. I went to her office in Washington to talk about DOMA and DADT. While the Senator didn’t agree with me during her Thursday morning coffee discussion, I was treated with respect. That counts for something. Plus, she looked so very fab. I wish I could look half as good as she does. On a side note, my gaydar went off ten-fold with her purseboys. You Go Girl.
Walker Grace = pathetic Republican queen