AMERICAN VETERANS FOR EQUAL RIGHTS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, May 9, 2012
Contact: Denny Meyer, AVER Public Affairs, 718 849-5665
Danny Ingram, AVER President, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

(ATLANTA) "AVER is very pleased to hear President Barack Obama express his support for same sex marriage," said Danny Ingram, National President of American Veterans for Equal Rights, the nation's LGBT Veterans Service Organization."Not only does the Commander in Chief help complete the mission of repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell, by creating equality in the United States military for LGB service members who otherwise cannot access the same valuable benefits as their married heterosexual comrades, but he also reaffirms his own oath as President, the same oath for which many thousands of honored war dead have given their lives, to defend the Constitution of the United States," continued Ingram. "The constitution clearly calls for equal protection under the law for every American citizen in the 14th Amendment." Ingram concluded. "Its about time our political leaders started to take their oath to defend our nation's freedom as seriously as the men and women in the armed forces who place their lives on the line for it everyday."

On behalf of the National Board and the members of American Veterans for Equal Rights, I wish to express my sadness on the passing of Air Force Chief Master Sergeant Dave Guy-Gainer. Dave served AVER as an officer and was a founding member of SLDN. Dave devoted his time, money, and energies into seeing DADT repealed. He was one of the first people to congratulate me on my election as AVER National President, and his wise counsel was always greatly appreciated. It was such a wonderful honor to hug Dave and share the victory of the repeal signing ceremony in Washington. America is a freer and stronger nation because of his dedication. He helped the United States become true to ourselves in honoring equality for all Americans and our commitment to genuine justice and liberty for all our citizens.