VIDEO: Lady Gaga Releases New Video Calling For Repeal Of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
Nov. 30 2010, Published 12:10 p.m. ET
Lady Gaga posted a new video on YouTube Monday calling for the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, as the Pentagon prepares to release it's long-awaited report on the controversial 17-year-old law which bans openly gay people from serving in the U.S. military.
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In the two-minute black-and-white video, which appears to have been taped backstage at a Gaga show, the Poker Face singer says: "Right now, we're looking at tomorrow Tuesday being a very important day for you guys all to really be paying attention," she says in the clip, noting that the Senate will begin a repeal hearing soon.
Gaga said there’s a small window of time for the law to be taken off the books prior to the Republicans overtaking the House of Representatives in January. She said if the law isn't repealed soon, "it could take years for it to happen.”
The New York-bred singer reviewed relevant events of the past few months, saying how eliminating the Don't Ask, Don't Tell law would set the right foot forth in society.
"Social repression is currently running rampant in this country as many of you know," the Paparazzi singer said. "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. We have to end this law because it reinforces discrimination and it's setting a bad example.