I’ll ask you, then. Should DADT been repealed, allowing homosexuals to be open about it in the military, reversing ALL precedent regarding this policy?
And I will ask you this in return... Do you believe in each individual’s Constitutional right to exercise free speech without persecution? Does not knowing they are gay make them not gay? It has always been full of gays, ever since I was a kid this was a known fact. Does hiding it actually prevent the gayness? Some of the top notch soldiers I know turned out to be closet gays. Just because they hid the fact did not make them straight. It only protected the “image” of the forces. Other countries have the very same issues in their own forces. So them knowing or not is a wash.
As for Ron Paul his motives are ALWAYS to defend the Constitutional rights of the individual no matter how inconvenient it might be for the masses or opinion of the masses. Pretty soon we are going to be longing for that very steadfast dedication to the Constitution.