"Conservatives don't want gays to die; we just don't want to transform the Pentagon into the Office of Gay Studies."
Right you are Ann. Something else that comes to mind though. Recently, there has been alot of press about how the "don't ask don't tell" policy has hurt the military. So, the liberals draw the conclusion that we need to have openly gay military folks. The more logical approach would be that we go back to the way it was before Bill Clinton.
If you are homosexual, don't join the military - period. You ARE NOT suitable for military service, and we DON'T need you. This is a volunteer military. So, you don't have an excuse like "I was drafted." Don't join if you are homosexual, bisexual, or any other sexual deviate. In fact if you can't behave yourself sexually - even heterosexually - then don't join. We want and need stable individuals to man our military. We have seen the shame that even hetereosexual misconduct brings on the military - i.e. Lindy.
One of the finest militaries ever seen in history were the cavalry soldiers that Oliver Cromwell fielded - all of them Puritans.