[kenboy]

I think we're looking at the same numbers, but focusing on different things.

33% of male cases and 46% of all cases are from causes other than male-male sex. (Since 0% of the female cases are from male-male sex, the second number is probably ignorable -- but that's a solid third of cases among men not resulting from male-male sex.) Granted, many are from IV drug use, and I hope there's not much of that in the military -- but again, that's 10% of male cases being caused by something other than gay sex or drugs -- and a lot of the female cases -- and since we can't trust people to tell us if they're gay, and since removing all the gays who get caught would STILL leave us with HIV cases among the remaining soldiers, why not just spend the resources on testing, instead of investigating consensual sex?

[scripter]

The issue is the majority of HIV cases are found in homosexual men. HIV discriminates against homosexual men and HIV isn't the only health related issue. Syphilis, gonorrhea, rare chlamydia, new STDs, early death and more are all part of the homosexual identity:

Rising Syphilis Rate Linked to Gay Men
Gays faced with new STD strains
Drug-proof gonorrhea rises in homosexuals
Rare Chlamydia Strain Infecting Gay Men
Yet Another Study Confirms Gay Life Expectancy 20 Years Shorter

The same-sex attraction issue is huge. Men and women don't shower together for obvious reasons and the same is true for those with same-sex attraction. That is, homosexuals should not shower with heterosexuals.