Do you have a problem with gay men and women serving openly in America's military. Why?

Question

I served 4 years in the military. There people who were not openly gay I served with.

I didn't care what they did when they went home as long as they did their job while they were working.

Military adaps, it did when blacks and whites intergrated..

Answer 1

There is no reason it should be of any consequence whatsoever.

You aren't allowed to discriminate against someone because of their sexual preference in any other job; the U.S. military should be no different.

Answer 2

No, I have no problem with it at all, and think that "Don't Ask Don't Tell" should be scrapped in favor of open disclosure. The military does indeed adapt. In 2003 polls conducted among the military showed only 13% favored serving openly gay. That number has risen to 73% in just under four years. This is a story from December 2006:

73% of US Military is OK with gays serving openly
by PageOneQ
Seventy-three percent of US military members would accept openly gay and lesbian service members being in their units, according to a new poll released by Zogby International and the Michael D. Palm Center. Over one in five respondents to the survey said they know for certain that someone in their unit is gay or lesbian. The survey was conducted of both combat and non-combat units, according to a statement issued by the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network and obtained by PageOneQ.

The survey responses represent a dramatic change from 1993, when thirteen percent of service members said they supported the right of gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military.

http://pageoneq.com/news/mili121906.html

Answer 3

I don't even know what it would mean to openly serve as a gay person. You're in the military to do a job so whatever your sexual preferences are should play no mind in serving. You can't go to work and pick up a date or even flirt because it's harassment regardless of who's asking who.

Answer 4

I agree. I have no problem with gay men and women serving openly in the military. I don't even know why this is an issue in the 21st century. It seems so medeval in it's mentality.

Answer 5

I'm prior Marine Corps and I have no problem with gays. In fact there was a gay Cpl in my unit. Acted as such of of course we didn't ask but it was pretty obvious. But he was an outstanding NCO, squared away, good PFT score, good leader, good uniform he was good to go.

I have no problem with women except I hate the better special treatment so many get.

I believe in equal rights not special rights.

I say anyone that want to fight should be able to join.

Answer 6

Not at all!

I don't see why it should be an issue, homosexuals are no different from anyone else. Homophobia is one thing I just don't understand. Just because someone is attracted to a member of the same sex, that should never prevent them from serving their country. They have as much right as anyone else in the world.

Answer 7

I did ten years. Met three men who admitted they were gay and who suggested that as many as ten percent of those on active duty were. I have no reason to suspect that figure has changed. Nor did I have the slightest problem working with those three. They were outstanding soldiers - in fact, two of the three made Soldier of the Quarter while I was at Ft. Campbell (no wise cracks about jumping out of perfectly good airplanes if you please), and one made Soldier of the Year. They didn't broadcast their sexual orientation and never hit on me or any of the rest of the men in my company. Only two of us "straights" knew their "secret" - besides me, only our First Sergeant knew...

Answer 8

While Sexual Deviants should not be allowed to serve in regular military units, or in any unit that might put them into contact with mentally and morally straight American soldiers, there is one capacity where Deviant Soldiers would excel.

Were we to create a special unit of Sexually Deviant MP's and interrogation specialists, and allowed the enemy to know that this unit was in the area; we could likely extract information from captured enemy combatants merely by threatening to place then in the detention facility currently being manned by the Sexual Deviants.

Answer 9

Not at all. I severed for 2 years and I wouldn't even care if my roommate was gay. As far as I am concerned, gays are just as normal as the rest of us.

Answer 10

Yes. Gay lover soldiers are emotionally vulnerable and considered high-risk in following orders that may conflict with their emotions. It's like having a mother and child serving in the same outfit together in an attack. Will the mother follow instructions that will put her child in peril? Same with gay lovers.