Lady Gaga Opposes Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy, Video Call to New York Senators

Lady Gaga is waiting by the phone, but it's not the type of call Prince and Alicia Keys sing about. She's waiting by the phone to talk to the senators in her district about the "don't ask, don't tell" policy that she spoke about before the 2010 MTV VMAs. Her meat dress may have outranked the attention of the soldiers that came to stand onstage with her and TV host Sway, but the pop star is back at it again with a live video calling New York Senator Charles "Chuck" E. Schumer.

Although Schumer's phone continuously rang, when she called again and got a full voicemail message, she looked into the camera and said the message she plans to leave.

"I will not stop calling until I reach them and I can leave them this message," Lady Gaga said. "I am a constituent of the senator. My name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, also known as Lady Gaga. I'm calling to ask the senator to vote with Senators Harry Reid and Carl Levin to repeal 'don't ask, don't tell' and oppose John McCain's shameless filibuster. We need to do this for our gay and lesbian soldiers and finally repeal 'don't ask, don't tell.'"

In the video, she discussed soldiers she met who were discharged from the army and pointed out "14,000 Americans have been discharged from the armed forces, refused the right to serve their country and sent home regardless of honorable service or how valuable they may have been to their units. Four hundred soldiers under President Obama's administration alone were discharged under 'don't ask, don't tell.'"

On her Twitter account, she's trying to make progress with the New York Senators anyway possible. A tweet left on Friday, Sept. 17, says, "@ChuckSchumer@SenGillibrand Thankyou for responding, it means so much that you support us on this issue. Let's get this passed. Talk monday? (12:50 PM Sep 17th via Twitter for BlackBerry)"

It's unlikely she'll get a Twitter conversation going with Senator Schumer. His only tweet is, "Just joined Twitter!" at 4:02 p.m. on Nov. 19, 2008.

However, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand did respond to her tweets with the following tweets:

"@ladygaga Thx for calling. I couldn't agree more and am helping lead the fight to repeal DADT. Do you have a moment to talk later today? (9:29 AM Sep 17th via web)" -and- ".@ladygaga In addition to calling, please sign my petition to repeal #DADT here: http://repealdadt.com (9:51 AM Sep 17th via web)"

She also sent a tweet to Senator John McCain's Twitter account saying "To @SenJohnMcCain and everyone on Twitter I received an overwhelming amount of videos responding to DADT, please watch: http://bit.ly/cWAITv (10:10 PM Sep 18th via web)"

Lady Gaga is encouraging people to visit http://www.sldn.org/Gaga, to call the senators in your district to stand with her against the "don't ask, don't tell" policy or even send tweets if your state senators are active.

For those who can't get through to their senators, the website also gives citizens the option to donate funds, visit a member of Congress, write a letter to an editor or come to local events to collect petitions. This link also has a prepared letter to send to senators.

So are you going to join in Lady Gaga's fight to oppose the "don't ask, don't tell" policy? What was your experience like trying to contact your senators?