WTF? Dan Choi palling around with Tony Perkins?

On Twitter last night, Dan Choi tweeted this

So I looked at the link and saw this

So is he Kool-Aiding around with Tony FRAKING Perkins? Okay, maybe this means nothing, but Dan has been hanging out with some questionable people as of late. And this tweet from Tony, just didn't sit well with me.

Hopefully, there's an explanation.

Yesterday at CPAC...

Crazy things when down at CPAC. Here's a glimpse of the Hot Mess Conference

Bishop Harry Jackson running his mouth


Dan Choi & Dan Savage cruising CPAC (So Tacky)


Dick Cheney Heckled


Donald Trump?

So, Why is Dan Choi going to CPAC?

Through out the week, I've posted tweets from Dan Choi about CPAC and how he's been palling with the 'enemy', Christopher Barron.

Well, Michelangelo Signorile interviewed Dan about attending this event, and you can hear it here.

However, I think it's interesting that Dan spat in the faces of the folks who were on his side, but causally chills with the people who thinks his rights should be delayed or denied.

More Tweets from Dan Choi and his buddy Christopher Barron

from JMG

Who, What? Dan Choi's going to CPAC?

New friends? I'm confused!

from JMG

As promised, Sen. Harry Reid gives Dan Choi his West Point ring back

This happened 5 months ago

And now Reid gives it back

Question of the Day: Dan Choi/DADT Edition

 This is the last comment Dan Choi made recently...

"I did not initially want to publicize this but I now realize it is critical for our community to know several things: veterans gay or straight carry human burdens, Activists share similar burdens, no activist should be portrayed as super human, and the failures of government and national lobbying carry consequences far beyond the careers and reputations of corporate leaders, elected officials, High powered lobbyists, or political elites. They ruin lives.

"My breakdown was a result of a cumulative array of stressors but there is no doubt that the composite betrayals felt on Thursday, by elected leaders and gay organizations as well as many who have exploited my name for their marketing purposes have added to the result. I am certain my experience is not an isolated incident within the gay veteran community."

I want to know what you think about his breakdown?

Dan Choi has been Hospitalized

This is sad to hear, but some saw this coming. Dan has been hospitalized and seeking help at the Veterans Administration. Derek Washington of the Stonewall Democratic Club of Southern Nevada sent this e-mail to the Village Voice

Many of us have been quite concerned lately that Lt. Dan Choi has not been heard from recently during the battle to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell". My concern stems from the fact that for the last two years I've watched Dan do his best to help move the Equality movement forward while not taking care of his own personal needs. In my opinion, Dan has had the movement weighing far too heavily on his mind and spirit. It's a role he took on as much by circumstance as choice, and he's served honorably, but he is only human and needs to take care of himself in order to help others. Dan called me today to let me know that it had all gotten a little too much for him lately. 

After last week's DADT vote, Dan, for lack of a better term, "lost it" and decided to seek professional help through the Veterans Administration. He is currently resting and receiving the help of professionals who understand what Dan is going through much better than any of us could. It's easy to forget that Dan was a combat veteran because he always puts on a brave front for the cause, but Dan is also a human who has seen much worse than most of us in his lifetime. Dan asked me to get the word out about him because he wants people to know that thousands upon thousands of men, young and old, are in the same boat as him. 

We welcome our Vets home, but we then just expect them to jump right back into life as if War was just a video game somewhere else. Hopefully when Dan is better, he'll be able to draw attention to the issues that all Combat Veterans face and, hopefully, take his present situation and turn it into a way to help him and others. As a journalist, it is strange to watch such a critical stage in the fight for equality in the military without the person who'd become that issue's face. Regardless of what happens in this congress, Choi will always be the person that pushed publicly harder on repealing Don't Ask than anyone else at this point in time.

I hope he gets the rest and help he needs. Rest, Dan.