Serving America: Ending don't ask don't tell will draw well-qualified people into military careers

The Columbus Dispatch ^ | Saturday, February 6, 2010 | Editorial

[vc79]

One other note... It’s been sixty odd years, but maybe it is time for another REVOLT OF THE ADMIRALS. I wish some would take a stand for what is right, instead of kowtowing to liberal mandates. Yet, all I hear is nothing.

[SaraJohnson]

Actually, they turn the military into a homosexual basket case and the commies will finally be able to re-instate the draft. The volunteers will disappear quickly. No kin of mine is serving in an authoritarian homosexual organization!

[phormer phrog phlyer]

You are correct, this piece argues in static terms that great things will happen as a result of this change. There are many things which would have to be worked out, and it would be a very difficult process. I am glad that I am no longer on active duty so I don’t have to listen to some homosexual Commissar do sensitivity training for hours telling me that my entire belief system is wrong. This is moving from tolerance to acceptance to special treatment.

[Waco]

The military is supposed to make a man out of you, not a ‘’girly-man’’ of you.

[Hardastarboard]

You make an EXCELLENT point.

[Sans-Culotte]

Everything you say is true. Gays are never content to “live and let live”. Well, some may be, but the activist self-loathing narcissist types aren’t. This will mean the end of the American military as we know it. It will cease to be an effective fighting force. If gays were really only interested in fighting for the USA, they’d STFU and serve.

[highlander_UW]

Homosexuals are about 3% of the US population. Changing the policy or not is unlikely to impact the number of homosexuals in the military by significant numbers.