The main problem with this policy is that it has become a big copout for some people who want the benefits of military service but who are not willing to pay the price. For example, someone can attend the service academies for free, but then weasel out of the military service required by claiming to be homosexual.
Secondly, there are already closeted gays and lesbians who serve our country honorably. These people, if they are ever found out by someone with hostile intent, would face a dishonorable discharge for no good reason. That's the same sort of fate someone who deserts would face. To me, that's disgraceful.
Maybe I'm not directly addressing the issue, but I just have to draw the line on the entitlement mentality when it comes to military service. We need a military to kill people and break things, not feel good about themselves. Armies need to be cohesive, not diverse. If you want to serve your country, you're not doing it by demanding they accept your service.
all those who are homosexuals who are serving are NOT serving honorably. They are lying intentionally and posing a secrity risk based on their sexual fetish.
Mark Forley is a perfect example of a homosexual who was a demonostrable liability.
Homosexuals have selected to focus their lives on how they pop their orgasms. That has no place in military service.
We don't allow other sexual fetishes to serve in the military. Homosexuals are the same as pedophiles or animal sex fetishists. The second they are discovered they must be removed.
The fact you think it is only exposure to someone with hostile intent that makes them removable only proves how big a security risk homosexuals pose. There was a reason in 1992 there were a number of sailors who were accidentally falling overboard.