Lady Gaga “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Speech Maine Equality Rally [VIDEO]

When she’s not wearing rotting meat to awards shows, pop star Lady Gaga is beating the drum for equality.

The “Poker Face” sensation spent Monday afternoon at a rally in Portland, Maine, where she delivered a poignant speech outlining her opposition to the government’s 1993 “Don’t Ask, Don’t Policy,” prohibits service members from revealing whether or not they’re gay.

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The rally was organized by Servicemembers Legal Defense Network. The organization is trying to pressure Republican Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine and Scott Brown of Massachusetts to vote to allow a repeal of the policy. More than 2,000 activists joined Gaga for the rally at Portland’s Deering Oaks Park, just a day before the US Senate is expected to vote on the future of the measure. Opponents of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” are hoping to convince their representatives to repeal the controversial policy, despite a threat from Arizona Sen. John McCain to lead a fillibuster against efforts to overturn the initiative — which dates back to Clinton era.

Lady Gaga says the policy allows straight soldiers who harbor hatred toward gays to fight for their country. In a 16-minute address, the world’s reigning Pop Queen (for the moment anyway), admonished military personnel who oppose repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” by suggesting a new policy: “If You Don’t Like It, Go Home.”

Kinda has a nice ring to it. What are your thoughts on the government’s policy on gays in the Armed Forces, PopCrunchers?