The prevailing (overwhelming) opinion was that discipline and professionalism - especially in an all-volunteer military - will override the desire of gay service members who might want to flaunt their sexual proclivities.
The best thing for anyone confused about their sexuality or gender identity in the military is to take just keep to yourself and focus on the job and becoming the best Marine (or soldier or sailor or airman or whatever) one can be.
From what the folks at the party I went to told me, that is precisely what the vast majority of gay servicemembers are already doing. The problem, as with any large group of people, is with a few arseholes who make a nuisance of themselves.
Since many Gays are drama queens and there would be many lawsuits and disruptions by those minority types intent on force their way across in the military and undermine its cohesion.
The prevailing (overwhelming) opinion was that discipline and professionalism - especially in an all-volunteer military - will override the desire of gay service members who might want to flaunt their sexual proclivities.
The best thing for anyone confused about their sexuality or gender identity in the military is to take just keep to yourself and focus on the job and becoming the best Marine (or soldier or sailor or airman or whatever) one can be.
From what the folks at the party I went to told me, that is precisely what the vast majority of gay servicemembers are already doing. The problem, as with any large group of people, is with a few arseholes who make a nuisance of themselves.
Thank you sharing that information.
I am hoping that if the good service members learn to stick together and not be intimidated, they should be able to deal with / counter any threats to the discipline / functioning of the unit.
As with any system that is in place to protect people from harassment or discrimination, there is always going to be the problem of how to deal with someone who is in a protected class but really needs to be let go / punished / etc.
Hopefully they will be able to come up with ways to deal with the Sh!tbirds who will try to use their protected status to escape work, avoid punishment, and in general get over on the system.
Especially since every homosexual, by definition, is mentally ill.