I think they have been, are now and forever will be in the military and you just never knew. a good soldier is a good soldier regardless and severall of " them " have probably given their lives for this country. I doubt they joined for the good food/pay or to get a peek at your weiner.
Have you ever served? Are you willing to open your bedroom up to an openly practicing gay man?
If your answer to either of those questions is no, then you have absolutely no right to insist that I have to sleep close to one either. Are there gays in military? Yes. But most the time we don't know about it. And, that's the way it should stay.
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I agree you shouldn't know. and most of you that did serve probably weren't aware that one, or more ( maybe you did know ) of your fellow soldiers was gay, only that you could depend on them to save your life if the occasion arose. I think the big sticking point here is "OPENLY GAY ". I thought don't ask /don't tell was a good compromize as it's nobody's bussiness anyway. frankly I don't want to hear anyones bragging about their sexual exploits gay or straight.I wouldn't know for sure but I doubt these gay guys are drooling over you in the showers, and that they are only hot for fellow gays .( thats my guess ) the loudest complaining I'm hearing is coming from older dudes who have done their time and are now too old to be drafted or serve. it's not us old farts concern it's the young kids of service age that are gonna have to deal with it, so let them worry about it. and no I didn't serve, nothing much going on in my age group, just missed vietnam and too old for desert storm, plus I don't take orders well. but have taken care of many vets as an rn in the vamc,hospitals and privately and have nothing but respect for those who have served. any large population of men/women is going to have a certain percentage of them that are gay, thats just the way it is, always has been and will be, nothing we can do about it. we have alot more important things to worry about.
no means no, it aint just for women anymore,lol.
When I was in the service, I had to wait around for a top secret clearance. There were about 20 of us waiting about 6 months for it to be completed. There was attrition during that time and no, all that got dropped were not gay but 2, as we later found, were dropped from the clearance. The reason they gave us then was they were a security risk. There"sexual preference" could be used as leverage against them to obtain information. Our "correctness" was not as open then as now. But I still feel that some are still in the closet and would do anything to prevent their "gayness" from being made public. I never knew that anyone was gay. Heaven for bid if anyone saw a :ahole in the middle of the nite. There would be blanket party or worse. No rump rangers allowed. :army
I wouldn't want to open my bedroom to anyone, gay or straight, but what does that have to do with anything. if you guys are such tough macho dudes, willing to face gunfire without a problem why do a few fagalas scare you so much? me thinks thou doth protest too much. and as far as gays and national security clearance what about J. Edgar freakin Hoover? I'm not trying to be a champion for gay rights or anything, but if you are a confidant hetero whats to worry about, unless maybe youre in prison, then you can sweat it.
