SIGN TO PUT MILITARY RAPE IN HANDS OF PROSECUTORS

Friend, Democrats like Carl Levin and Claire McCaskill are teaming up with Republicans like John McCain and Lindsey Graham to kill Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s bill to put military sexual assault prosecutions into the hands of prosecutors, and not the military commanders who’ve failed to address this issue for years. Gillibrand has built a huge coalition from across the political spectrum—from Elizabeth Warren to Rand Paul—to support this bill, but she’s still just shy of the 60 votes needed to break the filibuster. Sign this urgent petition: Put military sexual assault prosecutions in the hands of prosecutors, not military commanders. What’s the downside to this legislation? In short, nothing. Many of America’s allies have in place systems similar to what Gillibrand is proposing. The only thing stopping us from getting it done is opposition from the military and its powerful lobby of legislators on Capitol Hill. But this problem is too big—there were 26,000 sexual assaults in the military last year alone—and we’re too close to winning to stop now. Sign the petition right now. Keep fighting, Michael Langenmayr Campaign Director, Daily Kos