September 12, 2007
Tucson Blasts DADT
Tucson city government sends resolution condemning DADT
The Tucson city government has sent a resolution to the state’s congressional delegation asking that the federal ban on gays in the military be repealed. According to a memo obtained by the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network on September 6, the city council, Mayor Bob Walkup, and city manager Mike Hein approved the resolution.
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The resolution stated that discharging approximately 9,500 service members under “don’t ask, don’t tell” has cost taxpayers more than $190 million.
More than 100 U.S. House members are attached to a proposed bill that would lift the ban against gays serving openly in the military. Ellen Tauscher, a Democrat from California, is lead sponsor of the Military Readiness Enhancement Act. Arizona Democrats Ed Pastor and Raul Grijalva are two of 131 bipartisan cosponsors.
The action follows similar resolutions that have been passed by a handful of other cities across the country, including New York City, Chicago, Atlanta, San Francisco, and St. Louis.
Filed under: Military/DADT, United States
