Massachusetts congressional candidate Sean Bielat, after running an ad showing his openly gay opponent, Rep. Barney Frank, doing gay dance moves, has now shared his opinion on gays serving in the military: Short people can't serve, so why should gays?

Does the Justice Department really need to appeal the recent decision that found "Don't Ask Don't Tell" unconstitutional, under its duty to defend existing federal law? Eh, not really, says ex-solicitor general Ted Olson, of Prop 8 trial fame.

The Defense Department acknowledged today that it's allowing openly gay people to join now, following a court decision—still under appeal—that struck down "Don't Ask Don't Tell." Openly straight people are still allowed to join, too.

[Here is the image the Huffington Post used to illustrate the good news that the Air Force has stopped enforcing Don't Ask Don't Tell. Goose would be thrilled—spoiler alert—if he didn't die tragically.]

The Justice Department has asked a federal judge to let it keep enforcing "Don't Ask Don't Tell" while it appeals the injunction.

After a federal judge yesterday ordered the military to stop enforcing Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Rep. Barney Frank called for the Obama administration to wait to appeal the ruling until after Congress can repeal the policy in a lame-duck session.

Tonight, Stephen Colbert took to the Report to (through ironic satire, natch) blow holes in both the argument for "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and the claims by John McCain and others that the policy doesn't encourage witch hunts. Watch inside.

The gays sure enjoy heckling Barack Obama at fundraisers when they're angry. Last night, for the third time in six months, a "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" protester did just that, in New York. And another heckler yelled about "AIDS funding."

Tonight, Jon Stewart opened with a segment about yesterday's Senate failure to bring to the floor a vote that would have repealed the archaic, discriminatory "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. Stewart asked: are we run by assholes? Indeed! Video inside.

Georgia Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss' office has confirmed the "all faggots must die" comment left on a gay rights blog originated from his office. Now the search is on for the culprit. The homophobic butler did it in the kitchen.

Apparently, John McCain—who helped block a vote to repeal DADT today—doesn't like explaining himself. When The Advocate's Kerry Eleveld and Metro Weekly's Chris Geidner asked McCain questions about the policy this afternoon, he got quite testy. Video inside.

"We are not asking you to agree with... homosexuality—we're asking you to do your job, to protect the Constitution," says Lady Gaga in a new message to the US Senate about repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." Watch inside.

Look how Senator Kiki Gillibrand responded to a Tweet from Lady Giggles about Don't Ask Don't Tell. "Thanks for your political interest. Also, are you available for a sleepover next Saturday night? My mom will be making pizza bagels." [Twitter]

Sen. Harry Reid will include a repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" in the latest Defense Authorization bill! This isn't the easy battle to choose during election season, but did Lady Gaga's reassurances on Twitter help get it in there?

Lt. Col. Victor Fehrenbach has been fighting for the right to stay in the Air Force for more than two years following a false criminal report that led to his outing.

When we've seen dancing soldiers videos before, the gay references were in the eye of the beholder. Not so with these soldiers who say (or read?) "It's alright to be gay in the military," then dance to Ke$ha.

DADT won't be repealed until 2011, at the earliest. Robert Gates said yesterday he was "strongly opposed" to DADT changes before the military completes its review of the policy in December. He probably saw that Lady Gaga video. [Daily Intel]