FWIW,IMHO, THIS is why the gays want DADT overturned.
The gays are not “legitimate” in the eyes of the Federal Gov’t.
Anybody ever see the movie “Miracle On 34th Street”? A man claims to be Santa Claus and is taken to court to prove he IS the “legitimate” Santa Claus.
His lawyer wins the case by providing THOUSANDS of USPS letters addressed to Santa Claus. If the USPS, a branch of the Federal Gov’t recognizes that Santa exists, then Santa is “legitimate”.
Once the US Military ( a branch of the Federal Gov’t ) recognizes gays as “legitimate”, they can then use that to gain the “legal equal treatment” from local, state, and Federal Gov’t’s they seem to think they are now denied.
Once the Military of the US Gov’t puts their “stamp of approval” on them, it’s “Game-Set-Match” as far as ever stopping their agenda.
It’s a “back door way” of gaining legitimacy, but they just might pull it off.
You make a good point as pathetic as it is.