The problem that needs to be addressed is discipline. Members of a unit that can't deal with a homosexual in their unit are the problem . . . just as if they had issues with allowing Wiccans in their unit.
I don't expect Obama to openly campaign on this issue with a loud voice, and I am not going to yell for him to make a vocal stand on this issue. I will expect President Obama to advise his Joint Chiefs to do something until Congress acts on it.
There is a lot of leeway in how Military Justice is enforced. I still remember my UCMJ class in basic training, and how the JAG rep told us that the Army did not have "Blow Job Police" . . . since oral sex is technically against the rules.
I think 2009 will also put an end to the pursuit of openly gay service-members.
Seems like you missed the PBS series "Carrier" that seemed to be running during prime time during all of May.
On that ship it seems most people serving on it generally knew who was gay- and almost no one (most were under 30) seemed to find it a significant problem. It seems to be a generational issue.
The Israeli military and the British seem to have no significant issues with gays serving.
Of course they know who is gay?
Jesus, why do people want to think our soldiers are so dumb and so fragile?
Here, go someplace where at any moment someone may kill you, or you may have to kill somebody!
But, I am worried you can't handle it, if someone in the unit is gay....
Or on the other hand, I doubt any soldier has ever been diagnosed with PTSD due to serving with gays.
