CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Lacey Williams is a community organizer with the Charlotte Rainbow Action Network for Equality, or CRANE. Last month, she went to Washington, DC armed with 13,500 plastic toy soldiers to deliver to North Carolina lawmakers. Williams says the soldiers represent the number of gay and lesbian military personnel who were removed from duty under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" since the 90s. She says, "In recent years, it's resulted in over 800 mission critical troops being forced out, including 50 Arabic and Farsi speakers."

Williams wants the policy, which she calls discriminatory toward gays and lesbians, repealed.  "We do them a disservice by not letting them be who they are because they're already there,” says Williams.

Representative Sue Myrick wants to learn more about possibly repealing the law. She sent FOX Charlotte a statement saying: “I support the position held by Gens. George Casey and Norton Schwartz, and believe that the military should finish its study on the impact of repealing the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy before any congressional action is taken.”

“For now, I would like to keep the 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' “ says republican Charlotte city councilman Andy Dulin. He says “Don't Ask, Don't Tell" is the safest way for gays and lesbians to serve our country. "I don't have anything against gay folks and I appreciate them serving in our military. If they want to serve, then I'm afraid they're going to have to stay somewhat closeted."

The bill that contains the provision to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" now heads to what some say could be a tough fight in the Senate.