What are you babbling about? Twenty percent of heterosexuals have HIV in urban areas or anywhere else? No, they don't. Heterosexuals are 19 times more likely to get HIV worldwide? No, that would be homosexual males. Sixty-five percent of syphilis are accounted for by heterosexuals in the US in 2008? No, homosexual males accounted for that percent despite being one to two percent of the population.
And, heterosexuals shouldn't have to shower, undress, sleep in the same quarters or share a foxhole with someone that might have unwanted sexual attraction to them.
Allowing homosexuals in the military guarantees more sexual activity, more STDs and more sexual harassment and assault. That is what happens when a sexual element is interjected into the military.
You just supported my statement, Sparky. I don’t dispute your stats on illness associated with the practice, but it clearly isn’t true for ALL, now is it? So is it fair to ascribe behavior to all that is true for some? Of course I know this is America where fairness and equal opportunity for individuals is a principle long forgotten.
When the military takes its honor code seriously, I’ll take it seriously. It’s a joke as it stands now, and I know it for a fact. The minority of honorable, upstanding members are tainted by the majority who are among the worst you will ever meet. I’ve spent time in both arenas and have my own experience to back me up. It’s laughable to hear military object on moral grounds. The right thing to do is to enforce strict standards of conduct regardless of race, gender, or sexual orientation. Your service and behavior should be all that matters.
But in reality, he main reason to object to homosexuals in the military isn’t morality, it’s legal. They will become another protected class that can’t be reprimanded, criticized, demoted, etc. without the commander being investigated for discrimination, harassment, etc.