The government thinks THIS organization presents a threat?

[im10ashus]

:wtf:

From ameriblog:

Pentagon anti-terror investigators labeled gay law school groups a "credible threat" of terrorism
by John in DC - 12/20/2005 11:35:00 AM


Jesus f-in Christ. This has gone far beyond the pale. We need to do something now, and in massive numbers. I've been talking with several of the blogs and politicos in the last few days. This is even worse than I thought.

From the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, a great organization that was created ten years ago to help overturn the military's anti-gay Don't Ask Don't Tell policy.
According to recent press reports, Pentagon officials have been spying on what they call "suspicious" meetings by civilian groups, including student groups opposed to the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" ban on lesbian, gay and bisexual military personnel. The story, first reported by Lisa Myers and NBC News last week, noted that Pentagon investigators had records pertaining to April protests at the State University of New York at Albany and William Patterson College in New Jersey. A February protest at NYU was also listed, along with the law school's LGBT advocacy group OUTlaw, which was classified as "possibly violent" by the Pentagon. A UC-Santa Cruz "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" protest, which included a gay kiss-in, was labeled as a "credible threat" of terrorism.

Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) condemned the Pentagon surveillance and monitoring. "The Pentagon is supposed to defend the Constitution, not turn it upside down," said SLDN executive director C. Dixon Osburn. "Students have a first amendment right to protest and Americans have a right to expect that their government will respect our constitutional right to privacy. To suggest that a gay kiss-in is a 'credible threat' is absurd, homophobic and irrational. To suggest the Constitution does not apply to groups with views differing with Pentagon policy is chilling."

cont'd...

http://americablog.blogspot.com/2005/12/pentagon-anti-terror-investigators.html

[warrens]

1. *steam coming out ears*

We gotta find some chump country that will accept these fascists, give them a map and tell them to start swimming. They're not Americans and they have no place in our country.

[im10ashus]

2. I swear to Bacchus!

This is getting so out of hand. Is there now low to which they will stoop? I SHOULD have come out when I was in the Army.

[Stephanie]

3. Because the enemy morphed from "terrorists who oppose the U.S."

to "anyone who opposes US" - US being BushCo.

[im10ashus]

4. Their threat list must be 500,000 pages long by now.

Who will make the list next? Knitting clubs? You know, they wield pointy objects and could be a threat.

[Rocknrule]

5. Next, the "Final Solution to the Homosexual Problem in America"

:scared:

[orwell]

6. Round Up the Usual Suspects...

...Gays, Quakers, Godless Commies, Liberals, Unionists, Poor People, Non-Whites, Atheists, Peace Freaks, Scientists, Democrats...

and God Bless (Whats Left of) America!

[im10ashus]

7. There would be nobody left.

Except for a few O'Leilly's and Limpballs.

[orwell]

8. They would be like...

Adam and Eve...or...Adam and Steve...

;)

[mod mom]

9. I wonder if us activists who investigated the election in Ohio made

the list. Seriously, I work with a woman who is a long standing activist on election reform, and she told me early on, just assume they are. We are only standing up for the truth and defending our democracy. If that is terrorism, well then...

[im10ashus]

10. I wouldn't put anything past them.

Especially when it comes to the elections they have stolen. If standing up for a fair and balanced election is considered traitorous, then sign me up!