Lt. Don Choi is a West Point Graduate and Veteren of the Iraq War. On Tuesday, he will face a panel of Colonols who may discharge him for nothing other than stating he was gay. The actual charge is “moral and professional dereliction” under the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. Right now, one of our courageous and dedicated servicemen is requesting our call to arms. To date 141,262 Americans have signed a letter of support for Lt. Don Choi at www.couragecampaign.org. I myself have signed in support of this brave soldier and have written my commentary below. All that is required is your email address and zip code. If you chose to give your name or leave a personal note, it is completely up to you. All signatures and letters must be received TONIGHT! I was only made aware of this today. Please forward this to anyone you know. Thank you for listening.

Those who choose to sacrifice their lives for our country should be loved and supported. For every missed Thanksgiving and Christmas, every birth and birthday, every death of a family member is a moment in their life they will never get back. And there are the chosen men and women who God takes at war that give the ultimate sacrifice.

I did not choose to go into the military because that is my right in this country. Men and women like Lt. Dan Choi fight for my right to choose to join, my right to choose to speak and quite frankly my right to choose. I believe it is my civic duty to support them in their right to choose as well. I cannot, nor will not, choose the sexual preference of any human. Male, female, civilian or military we each choose people to surround ourselves with that we call loved ones.

Provided this does not breach ones ability to protect our country, fellow service men and women, I ask what does that specific choice of their private life have to do with his service to our country. Furthermore, the armed forces fight to protect our civilian rights to love whom we choose, to have sex with whom we choose. They die so we no longer go to the days where black and hispanic men hang in lonely trees. They fight so that we are not invaded by countries who believe that the female genitalia is removed so that women will never know the joy of making love to her lover. They fight so we do not have coups where young boys are forced to watch their sisters being raped and then shot for witnessing the travesty.

I have the ultimate respect and loyalty for those who protect us and keep us safe. Please do not discharge this or any other officer for their personal sexual preference. Honor them for the honor that they bring to our country. Honor them for being our beacon of light in the dark. To not allow them the rights they dedicate and sometimes sacrifice their life for is the real abomination.

Most Respectfully,

Courtney E. Mc Millan


Water is soft, fluid and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is another paradox: what is soft is strong. ~ Lao Tsu