[Lucky Dog]

Your postulation concerning "gay" theater performers is totally irrelevant.

There is no law requiring these performers to carry out orders that may mean their own deaths or that of others. There is no law that says that they must share gang showers or open bay barracks with "straights" who religiously object to their activities or find their activities disgusting. There is no requirement for "straight" people to render first aid under battlefield conditions to these queers that could result in the infection of the aid render with HIV.

In the military, these constraints exist. That is why your analogy fails miserably.

[Red Badger]

I "religiously object" to the activities of muslims but I'm sure there are many serving quite well in the military. I'm quite sure they don't all want to kill me or blow up buildings or behead their christian and jewish neighbors. Not all gays are out to get in your pants. Not all gays have HIV. ........If you were in an automobile accident and were seriously injured would you refuse help from a gay motorist? If the motorist were the victim and you stopped to help, would you refuse to help him when you found out he was gay?.......