Man do I ever love the military

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Originally posted by GT40FIED
I hear what you're saying...but think about all the gays there already that you don't know about. If you can't tell and it's not an issue then, why would it be an issue if you did know? I would certainly hope that members of the armed forces aren't so close minded they would feel less of a cohesive bond as a unit simply because someone was gay. Besides, does someone's sexuality give more or less trust in their abilities as a soldier? I mean there's probably a good number of gays already there you don't know about and doing a great job...but all of a sudden the fact they're gay makes you question their abilities? Aside from that...the military seems to have some homoerotic undertones to it's policies. Guys eating, sleeping, and showering together for long periods of time. Nope...can't think of anything more straight than that. Just remember the next time you're showering up that you don't know whether or not that guy next to you is gay or not. And even if he's not there's a good chance he's checking out your junk anyway.

It wasn't so much questioning their abilities I was talking about. What I mainly was reffering to was the aquardness it would create. They would become kind of an outcast. Thats unavoidable. That is what would affect the unit cohesion. No matter how you look at it, thats the way we are. It may be right and it may not be, but it won't change. The military is a very unique entity. It's not like other jobs. We are the way we are for a reason. If we start changing those reasons, we will not be as capable as we need to be. All I can say is you wouldn't understand unless you were apart of us. Just like I wouldn't understand your thought process, I don't expect you to be able to understand my thought process. Thats just the way it is.