In a sign of the technological times we live in, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) sent a message via Twitter to pop singer Lady Gaga on Tuesday concerning a vote on the controversial military policy known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” Reid’s tweet was actually in response to Gaga informing her 6.3 million followers: Gay Veterans were my VMA dates. Repeal Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. CALL HARRY REID to Schedule Senate Vote For those unfamiliar, VMA is short for Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards (Gaga and escorts pictured above right). So began a modern exchange over gay rights between a popular entertainment figure and one of the most powerful men in Washington:
