Lead gays in the military group says it's time for Obama to act

The Servicemembers Legal Defense Network is urging the President to show some leadership and follow through on his promise to lift the ban on gays and lesbians serving in the military. SLDN notes that the President's budget is being submitted to Congress in only a few weeks. The repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell needs to be in there.

Of course, SLDN's move belies a much larger problem. The Obama administration has been saying, sotto voce, for a while now that "it has a plan" on how it's going to follow through on its promise to repeal DADT. But it's now clear that SLDN isn't familiar with any plan, or they wouldn't be launching a campaign urging the President to do something. So either the White House has a plan, and isn't telling the lead gay civil rights group that's been fighting the gay ban for 17 years (to the point that the group is now forced to publicly challenge the White House), or the White House has no plan at all. Either way, bad news.