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Originally Posted by Holly Lez!
YAY that made my day! Thanks for sharing.. I really don't know why gays can't marry after all the debacle/sham marriages we have seen like Kim Kardashian, Britney Spears and etc.. come on Romney I am embarrassed you are from Massachusetts!
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YAY! I'm glad
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Originally Posted by raymor
In regards "don't ask, don't tell", I believe it's none of their business if you are gay or straight. So I'm okay with the "don't ask" part. Noone should make an issue of the fact that someone else is gay. (With possibly very few exceptions in the private sector. If my wife is gay that's an issue.)
I also believe that the military's mission of defending us - all of us - from attack is vitally important. People volunteer for military service knowing that order and discipline in the military is important enough that by joining they subject themselves to stricter rules than civilians have. For example, military members can't stage an anti-war protest on base. You do that elsewhere, such as in Washington, not on a battlefield. Similarly, you have the right to hold a gay pride parade. It is not in our interest to have members of our military staging a gay pride parade in Afghanistan, though. Just as noone else should make your sexual orientation an issue, neither should you risk national defense by making an issue of your own homosexuality. You're a soldier. It's none of our business who you sleep with. Just you do your job. I don't see why any service member needs to make it our business by creating an issue of it. That's my understanding of the "don't tell" part.
Maybe it should have been called "It's none of our business, just do your job and let other people do theirs."
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I agree whole heartedly with "don't ask", but don't tell... someone shouldn't have to worry about losing their position in any organization- even the military- because of their sexual preference.
I have several friends in the military (army, navy, air force and national guard), before the repeal they all served alongside men and women they knew were gay and I was really surprised and happy to know that the general consensus was it wasn't a big deal. They all looked at eachother as equal and playing for the same team.
I don't think anyone is planning gay pride parades in afghanistan, it's more a repeal on fear and repression. If someone is openly gay and still is willing to put their life on the line to defend our country it shouldn't matter if that person is gay or not and they shouldn't be barred from telling people they're gay. Your sexual preference is part of your identity, its unfair to force people to hide or lie about apart of themselves.