Is denying gays in the military just a way of keeping us safe from harm?

Question

Even if I didn't have the "don't ask, don't tell" thing going on...

Would I really want to sign up for a war that isn't even clear to the media?

I mean, what's going to happen when Gays outnumber Republicans because of the death toll?

And Gays ARE denied service... If I can't say who I am, then how dare you ask me to die for "freedom"!!!

Answer 1

No it is just a way of protecting closed, feeble minds from the horrors of people who are different. And they need to be protected from being touched by one of those icky people.

It's what happens when you have old farts running the country. Of course there are plenty of young people who have the intelligence of a grape and fear what they don't understand.

Answer 2

Well, most properly raised Americans couldn't just stand by or wouldn't want to stand by and see a woman raped. For those traditionally and ethically raised, we have to act to stop the autrocity. Thus was the question long ago about women serving in combat units
If 2 men were involved, could one fullfill his duty if he knew the other was in mortal danger. Of course no one can answer that one. Sure, there might be a pull or temptation for one to abandom his post, but if it would actually happen, is a question that not even that person would probably be able to ask until the situation occured.
Since the military is pretty strict..or at least use to be before the age of waviers came to play. They wanted as close to a guarantee of performance as they could get.
Well. being humans, who is that reliable ? who is that infalible, so to kind of nip it in the bud, I'm guessing they decided they just couldn't take that much of a chance...and therefore fought it.
The soundest argument comes not from the question of duty or patirotism, but dicipline. Like any organization, the military has its own rules. It is an arduous life most times and they have to have everyone watching each others backs, whether your in the bush, or just observing general safety guildlines on the tarmac. So, since they must depend on a group of flawed individuals, just as society is made up of but in a potentially deadly enviorment, they can claim that you aren't disciplined enough to follow the rules we have laid down, therefore not fit enough for consideration.

Answer 3

I am speaking to your last statement, and ONLY your last statement. YES. You are not allowed to talk about openly homosexual acts while in service. Guess what? I don't let my straight troops talk about any sexual acts either. Simply put, we're a professional military working in a professional environment. If you can't stay off the subject of who your sleeping with long enough to last through the duty day, perhaps a menial job where the organization doesn't have an image of excellence to uphold is more your thing. I hear taco bell is hiring these days (and that goes to all heterosexual and homosexual people who lack self control)

Answer 4

Nobody is asking you to do anything. If you don't want to play by the rules, don't join. We don't need whiners or chumps anyways. I've known of plenty of gay soldiers when I was on Active Duty, as long as they performed their duties the same as any other soldier, nobody gave a damn. Some were more obvious about their orientation than others. The only time it became an issue, was when THEY made it an issue as with wanting to get discharged from the military. You've never served so you're just flapping your lips with ignorance. If you don't like the current policies, don't join. We don't need or want you anyways. The military will continue to do its job just fine...

Answer 5

They are denied to keep people who would physically find each other attractive from sleeping in the same bunk together, just as they separate the male from the females. Just my opinion, personally I could care less what people do in the bedroom, as long as I could trust them to fight with me, and to be loyal. I was in the army and there was a lesbian female who would sit and watch us take showers..she sent me love letters, and it was a little distracting, but nothing I didn't over come.

Answer 6

No one is 'asking' you. Relax.

Gays outnumbering Republicans because of the death toll?
You'll still have trouble because it was a Democrat who made it "don't ask - don't tell."

Answer 7

Gays are NOT denied from US military service.

Answer 8

As a straight guy in the military, I don't want to have to take showers with some dude eyeballing my meat. Don't get me started on them and their AIDS. The flamboyent homos would probably get "harrassed" or stomped all the time. I don't want to hear guys tapping my stall when im taking a crap either. Maybe they should start an all gay "rainbow division". Oh wait, thats what the 82nd is. Seriously, if you want to be in the military, you must play by their rules. I really don't want to hear about how you smoked meth and got railed all weekend on monday, so in that sense, please stay in the closet.

Answer 9

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Np6_b-72H3E

OK deathstruction like a straight guy never got AIDS before...what an over schivilled cheesecake occupation that is...it's like becoming a prostitute: 99% waiting 1% action...and at any time you can catch something deadly

Answer 10

Is your RANT Over for today???