At this weekend's Human Rights Campaign fundraiser gala, Joe Solmonese stated that Don't Ask, Don't Tell would be history by the end of this year (a tall order) and both Meredith Baxter and Clay Aiken (I have been ultra-cynical about him in the past, but credit where credit is due) gave great, rousing speeches. 

I have issues with HRC; I think I first got annoyed with them when they endorsed Joe Lieberman over Ned Lamont. But as many shortcomings as HRC has, it also does do good work, too. Click here to see the speeches and to read about this event—HRC's second largest all year—which gave tons of LGBTs and our supporters the opportunity to participate in the cause in North Carolina, a place not often thought of as a hotbed of activism.