Lady Gaga follows up meat dress with 'prime rib' speech - Lady Gaga has spoken at a rally in support of repealing the Don't Ask Don't Tell laws that prevent gays and lesbians from serving in the military by saying that "equality is the prime rib of America" and everyone should have the right to wear a "meat dress".
The pop star Lady Gaga visited the state of Maine ahead of a key Senate vote to urge its two US senators to help repeal the military's ban on gays serving openly.
More than 2,000 people attended a rally at Deering Oaks Park, where the Grammy Award-winning singer stood alongside Air Force, Army and Marine veterans who were discharged because of the policy, which prohibits service members from revealing if they're gay and recruiters from asking about people's sexual orientations.
Lady Gaga railed against what she called the injustice of having goodhearted gay soldiers thrown out of the military while straight soldiers who harbour hatred toward homosexuals were allowed to fight for their country.
She began her speech by saying, "My address to you today is called "The Prime Rib of America."
She added that by shunning homosexuals the US military doesn't "get to enjoy the greatest cut of meat my country has to offer".
Lady Gaga made the "Prime Rib" address little over a week after she wore her now infamous "meat-dress" to the Music Video Awards ceremony.
Gaga continued: "Shouldn't everyone deserve the right to wear the same meat dress that I do? Repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell' or go home.
She added: "I am here to be a voice for my generation. Ultimately the law is being enforced by using gay profiling and gay soldiers have become targets."
The singer said that the policy was "unjust" and against everything Americans stood for.
Lady Gaga, famous for such hits as "Bad Romance," "Paparazzi" and "Poker Face," skipped her trademark outlandish outfits in favour of a black suit and a pair of glasses.
At last week's VMAs, where she won eight awards, she was escorted by ex-servicemen who were discharged or left the military as the result of the "don't ask" policy.
The rally was organized by Washington-based Servicemembers Legal Defense Network. The organization is trying to pressure Republican Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine to vote to allow a repeal of the so-called "don't ask" policy, put in place in 1993 by former President Bill Clinton.
The House of Representatives has approved a defense authorisation bill that includes a repeal of the "don't ask" policy.
In the Senate, Democrats need 60 votes on Tuesday to help pass the bill. ( telegraph.co.uk )
The pop star Lady Gaga visited the state of Maine ahead of a key Senate vote to urge its two US senators to help repeal the military's ban on gays serving openly.
More than 2,000 people attended a rally at Deering Oaks Park, where the Grammy Award-winning singer stood alongside Air Force, Army and Marine veterans who were discharged because of the policy, which prohibits service members from revealing if they're gay and recruiters from asking about people's sexual orientations.
Lady Gaga railed against what she called the injustice of having goodhearted gay soldiers thrown out of the military while straight soldiers who harbour hatred toward homosexuals were allowed to fight for their country.
She began her speech by saying, "My address to you today is called "The Prime Rib of America."
She added that by shunning homosexuals the US military doesn't "get to enjoy the greatest cut of meat my country has to offer".
Lady Gaga made the "Prime Rib" address little over a week after she wore her now infamous "meat-dress" to the Music Video Awards ceremony.
Gaga continued: "Shouldn't everyone deserve the right to wear the same meat dress that I do? Repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell' or go home.
She added: "I am here to be a voice for my generation. Ultimately the law is being enforced by using gay profiling and gay soldiers have become targets."
The singer said that the policy was "unjust" and against everything Americans stood for.
Lady Gaga, famous for such hits as "Bad Romance," "Paparazzi" and "Poker Face," skipped her trademark outlandish outfits in favour of a black suit and a pair of glasses.
At last week's VMAs, where she won eight awards, she was escorted by ex-servicemen who were discharged or left the military as the result of the "don't ask" policy.
The rally was organized by Washington-based Servicemembers Legal Defense Network. The organization is trying to pressure Republican Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine to vote to allow a repeal of the so-called "don't ask" policy, put in place in 1993 by former President Bill Clinton.
The House of Representatives has approved a defense authorisation bill that includes a repeal of the "don't ask" policy.
In the Senate, Democrats need 60 votes on Tuesday to help pass the bill. ( telegraph.co.uk )
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