I know. One of them might even end up as chairman of the RNC and in charge of the President’s re-election bid.
Look, I’m not saying we need to start having pride marches at Ft Bragg or Camp Pendleton.
I just think there’s probably a better way than DADT. Something like you can tell but you cant flaunt it or anything.
There is, go back to the way it was before, "If we find out, you're out." And yes the gays have infiltrated the GOP now as well.
“I just think there’s probably a better way than DADT” Sure there is. Don’t let perverts in the military.
First, let me make sure I understand this:
We have a policy that says people's sex lives will not be investigated and their staus as warfighters will not be affected in any way by their sex lives unless they decide to cross a very bright line and inform their comrades that they are homosexuals. If we replace that with a policy where people can be openly homosexual but we will punish those who "flaunt" it, doesn't that require changing that bright line to a gray area? And doesn't that require investigating some people's behavior? Instead of "Private Jones says he's a homosexual, process his honorable discharge" it becomes "Private Jones is gay. His commander says he's really flamboyant and he's seen going around with guys off-duty and such. Check up on him and see if he's flaunting."
Does that seem like (a) equality for gays or (b) a good use of the military's law enforcement resources?
Second, can you identify any reduction in combat power we had in WWII because the gay guys storming the beaches, manning the guns and flying the planes couldn't be openly homosexual? Would we have won the war faster if they had been able to be open? If readiness and effectiveness is all that counts in a fight and there's no benefit to readiness from open gayness, and no detriment from keeping it in the closet, why do we care?
Third, what is it about being a soldier or an American that makes openly describing your sexual preferences an essential part of American warfighting?
Fourth, when I worked an Air Force flightline, I was not allowed to wear a wedding ring. That ring was an essential part of my life, declared me sexually unavailable and is a symbol of my religious faith that my wife and I are "one flesh" joined by Almighty God until death. Was I a less able crew chief because I didn't have that declaration?