i have grown. i ve moved from being skeptical to being all for it. i think i m like so many people on that subject. especially younger people. and to hold a guy to what he said back at doing don t ask don t tell as national policy and say there s something wrong with this guy s thinking, i think that is unfair. i think, you know, that was 14 years ago. and i think that one of the things that i ve tried to encourage the human rights campaign and other gay rights groups to do is begin reaching out to these people who are not normally part of the gay silo. if you re not an advocate and starting out there, sometimes people don t know. i ve talked to chuck hagel about discussions i had with mike mullen years ago about don t ask don t tell. i wrote about that on my blog at the time. it was the only time someone in a journalistic way had encountered and talked to hagel. but his comments about james
especially younger people. and to hold a guy to what he said back at doing don t ask don t tell as national policy and say there s something wrong with this guy s thinking, i think that is unfair. i think, you know, that was 14 years ago. and i think that one of the things that i ve tried to encourage the human rights campaign and other gay rights groups to do is begin reaching out to these people who are not normally part of the gay silo. if you re not an advocate and starting out there, sometimes people don t know. i ve talked to chuck hagel about discussions i had with mike mullen years ago about don t ask don t tell. i wrote about that on my blog at the time. it was the only time someone in a journalistic way had encountered and talked to hagel. but his comments about james hormel who is a great leader and i think hagel has incredible regret for those comments he made 14 years ago, haven t been sought. i told human rights campaign invite hagel to speak at a
comments about gays, it doesn t give a person any allowance for growth. we ve all grown on the topic of gay rights and gay marriage. i have grown. i ve moved from being skeptical to being all for it. i think i m like so many people on that subject. especially younger people. and to hold a guy to what he said back at doing don t ask don t tell as national policy and say there s something wrong with this guy s thinking, i think that is unfair. i think, you know, that was 14 years ago. and i think that one of the things that i ve tried to encourage the human rights campaign and other gay rights groups to do is begin reaching out to these people who are not normally part of the gay silo. if you re not an advocate and starting out there, sometimes people don t know. i ve talked to chuck hagel about discussions i had with mike mullen years ago about don t ask don t tell. i wrote about that on my blog at the time. it was the only time someone in a journalistic way had