[black95gs-t]

GT,
Let me explain this to you from the prospective of a "front liner" as you put it. If I didn't know for sure that someone was gay, I would not have a problem with it. If I did know for sure I definatly would have a problem with it. Here is my reasoning. As Grunts, we do everything together. Eat, sleep, read letters from home, everything. With what we do, we need to have a close bond with everyone we work with. We need to trust them and their abilities. Being "out" in the military would detract from a unit's integrity because there would always be that aquardness. "Was he looking at me in the shower?" "Was he staring at me when I was getting dressed?" That kind of stuff. Yes it is trivial. However, When push comes to shove it is one less thing floating around in the back of my brain. On second thought, I don't really know how to explain this. Its one of those outside looking in, inside looking out kinda things. Either way, in a perfect world, it would not be an issue. Here it is though.
J