VIDEO: Lady Gaga Releases New Video; Says 'Gay Soldiers Have Become Targets'
Sept. 17 2010, Published 9:13 a.m. ET
Lady Gaga gave an impassioned argument in a video posted to her YouTube page Friday, on next week’s U.S. Senate vote on a defense bill that includes a stipulation to repeal the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law, which bans openly gay people from serving in the military.
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In the black and white clip, a blonde Gaga, perched in front of an American flag, gives an opinionated explanation of the 17-year-old policy, which she feels to be unconstitutional. Gaga said the policy has caused more than 14,000 dedicated service members to be discharged from the armed forces, including 400 under President Barack Obama's watch.
The Telephone singer said she feels the techniques employed by the military (to determine if their people are gay) are unfair.
"Ultimately, the law is being enforced using gay profiling," Gaga said, "and gay soldiers have become targets."
Gaga then explained why she'd taken to the cause, and how she hopes other will follow her lead.
“I am here to be voice of my generation, not the generation of the senators who are voting, but the youth of this country,” she said. "The generation that is affected by this law and whose children will be affected. We are not asking you to agree with or approve the moral implications of homosexuality, we’re asking you to do your job: To protect the constitution.