[chargers fan]

The military is not the place for social experimentation. Especially in wartime.

I would just say this is a dangerous argument since it was used to say why intigration of the armed forces was a bad idea.

[steve86]

No, race is inherited and unchangeable. Homosexuality is behavior and is acquired.

[little jeremiah]

Being born black is not under anyone’s control, it is unchangeable, and it is values neutral.

Homosexuality is a chosen act, disgusting, immoral, filthy, and people who engage is such acts are notorious for other criminal behavior. Homosexuals do not belong in the military.

[Caesar Soze]

The US armed forces officially began integrating in 1948, when Jim Crow still ruled much of the country. In that case, it really was a social experiment--the military was on the cutting edge, and the rest of society followed.

DADT is a different case. Society has largely made up its mind, and now the military is rushing (or being pushed) to catch up. (I'm using military to refer to the institution; the individual members are largely apathetic to sexual orientation AFAICT.)

[Vigilanteman]

Integration of the armed forces was not so much a social experiment, but a natural next step when World War II and the need for manpower made it a necessity and showed black units functioned just as well and sometimes better (Tuskegee Airmen) than just white ones.

Do you hear anyone from the Gay lobby proposing a Gay unit to prove a similar point? You don't and you won't because they aren't after equal rights, they are after "special" rights. And "special" rights do not make good for unit cohesion.

[wardaddy]

integration?

the armed forces always had blacks they just did mostly support stuff and even today statistically they still do that disproportionately in a volunteer army