Max: Blue City in a Red State

Via STLToday.com

St. Louis on Friday joined a list of other cities urging Congress to repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays in the military.

Aldermanic president James Shrewsbury introduced the resolution that was unanimously approved. It urges Congress to pass and President Bush to sign the Military Readiness Enhancement Act, introduced in March, which would allow lesbians, gays and bisexuals to serve openly.

"You don't have to be a gay rights activist to oppose discrimination," Shrewsbury said. "There is no relationship between performance in any position and sexual orientation."