Look. My husband is an active duty marine. I am surrounded by these guys day in and day out, and I have had this conversation with some of them. I am not opposed to gay rights by ANY means. But it will not be pretty when DADT gets repealed. And people don’t understand that. Homosexuality and the military are worse than oil and water. If we are going to take the steps to be a more open, and accepting country, doing it in a where there are already stressful conditions, cramped living spaces, and the fact that sometimes these men go 12+ months without seeing a woman, is the last place it needs to be done. Also, doing it in a place that teaches you how to kill for a living? Kill people that you are taught to hate.
Right. It sounds perfectly safe, and makes TONS of sense.
Do not quote me to be an idiot. I know more about the military, and how the lifestyle is than you ever will. And I can guarantee when this law gets repealed, you will read news stories of men and women being hurt or even killed over their sexuality. Yes, there will be punishments for those who do it. But it will be too late to save the person they hurt. And keeping your life is more important that flaunting your sexuality.
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Yes. Allowing gays to openly serve in the military will all of a sudden spark violence and murders of gay people, who, up until this point, have never been injured, taunted, or bothered.
Gays + military = oil + water…except for the over 65,000 gay and lesbian service members currently serving. (closeted gays must be the emulsifying lipid ensuring proper mixture.)
I have the utmost respect for the men and women in uniform and their professionalism in dealing with the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. Insinuating that members of the military are any less capable of dealing with interactions with gay people is, to me, insulting. Any behavior problems should be dealt with through the Uniform Code of Military Justice, instead of arbitrarily prohibited by an arcane congressional statute.
And forgive me for not knowing much about the inner-workings of the military, as I’m unable to serve.
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Well I was in the military lady and you are full of shit. You don’t know more about the “lifestyle,” your husband is in, you aren’t. WHEN DADT is repealed men and women will be hurt and killed because of their sexuality- which is no different than the current military. Repealing DADT will allow abused gay and lesbian servicemen to confront their attackers, which they are not currently able to do without compromising themselves.
I think its really cool though that you want to use the threat of violence as the reason why not to change the military. I wonder if your husband shirks his responsibilities because someone might hurt him over it.
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“My husband is an active duty marine.” Whoopeeeeeee shit. My man is a Network Engineer and I hang out with a lot of nerds and geeks. That doesn’t really qualify me to bang on and on about something I only have second-hand experience in. Christ.
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I don’t get this perception that once DADT is repealed, gays will suddenly be making overt sexual overtures to their fellow military personnel in the middle of being strafed in a war zone, giving new meaning to “foxholes.” Or that gays will start to actively recruit heterosexuals to join the “gay team.” Or that gays in general go around aggressively hitting on anyone of the same sex. Or that they’ll start displaying gay porn in their lockers.
Seriously? Obviously the OP either doesn’t know any gay people, or anyone she might know who *is* gay has heard her say “I am not opposed to gay rights by ANY means. But..” They certainly aren’t going to openly share their sexual identity with her.
When it comes right down to it, whether you’re straight or gay in the military, your first duty is not to “getting some action” — the only action you should be worried about is the kind that goes on in combat, and keeping your fellow recruits from getting killed.
