I understand the concern, as I used to be vehemently against it myself until I joined up (not sure how that happened, but I digress). Please don’t mistake me for being an activist for the idea. Like drug legalization, I could care less either way. My only stipulation with gays in the military is that my support for it ends when they decide to hold them to a different set of standards than everyone else, which seems to be the main concern here. I don’t know the intentions of the higher ups who want this idea to happen, but if it’s some kind of social engineering program to completely divide up the military, count me out. If integration of gays doesn’t change the current rule book of regulations, fine. I’ve dealt with worse things.
“hold them to a different set of standards”
You mean like they to women? There are a lot of fine women in the military. There always were. But...they are treated differently and it definitely effects moral when a hot chick is placed in the middle of a bunch of guys. I’ve seen it plenty of times.
How many special groups are we going to have? Your ideals are fine, I just don’t think it will work, or that it is worth the hassle to force it to work.
As for drugs, I’ve seen lots of drugs in the USMC,long before piss tests. You name it, heroine, acid, hash. The last thing I want to be around is a hopped up Marine with a full clip, locked and loaded. That’s the thing see, once you start it, you just can’t turn it off and on so easy.