Choi refuses plea deal

Daniel sends us a link to an article about drama queen Dan Choi who rejected a plea agreement with prosecutors like the other 12 defendants who were arrested with him last spring when he chained himself in uniform to the White House fence. I guess the Russians have tired with his ass because he was back in the States yesterday. Somehow Choi sees this an historical trial;

[Jane Hamsher, of the liberal Firedoglake blog] also stated that Choi is the first person facing federal charges for protesting in front of the White House since Alice Paul was arrested for picketing the White House of President Woodrow Wilson in support of women’s suffrage in 1917 — a point later raised by Choi after today’s conference.

Yeah, chaining yourself to the White House fence in uniform about Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is just like getting voting rights for half of the American population. In the past, the gays have compared themselves to the Civil Rights movement of the ’60s and now the women’s suffrage of the last century. Keep trying guys, you’ll find an apt comparison yet.

Ya know, if I didn’t know better, I’d think that Choi is looking forward to jail. And if he’s convicted of the charges of of violating a federal regulation prohibiting “interfering with agency functions,” specifically disobeying a lawful order of the National Park Service, that could preclude his attempts to re-enlist when DADT is finally repealed – that’s probably part of his plan because he really doesn’t want to be in the military, he just wants to be a symbol of this movement.

Category: Military issues