[Alter Kaker]

I've really never understood this issue. Most armies, including the British and the Israeli, allow homosexuals to serve. In Israel, there certainly haven't been any appreciable negative consequences. Everybody serves, including people I may not agree with and people I may not like. I happen to live in Israel, and surrounded by 400 million Arabs, we don't have the luxury of turning away willing soldiers.

Duty is duty, and being a homosexual doesn't impair one's ability to hold a rifle as far as I can tell.

[tobyhill]

The issue is the gays that serve under the don't ask don't tell policy want more and they have Obama supporting them. They want an openly gay military where no closet is needed.

[fr_freak]

I've really never understood this issue. Most armies, including the British and the Israeli, allow homosexuals to serve.

As it stands right now, homosexuals ARE allowed to serve in the US military. All they have to do is SHUTUP ABOUT IT. But that appears to be too much for them.

[kabar]

Israel allowed gays to serve openly in 1993 and the British changed in 2000. The question is has the performance of the military been degraded in any way by these changes. The military is a laboratory for social engineering. Performance should be the bottom line [no pun intended.]

Israel has the draft so it would be hard to measure if this change has affected recruitment. And the Brits have been continually reducing the size of its military.

[stompk]

“Duty is duty, and being a homosexual doesn’t impair one’s ability to hold a rifle as far as I can tell. “

no, but it makes group showers uncomfortable. and now I have to worry about getting blood on me.

[Clump]

Sorry but I don't want to bunk up with a turd burglar. Here in Amarillo, TX most men do not think homos should be allowed in the men's locker rooms at work out facilities. It would be like allowing women in there. As a man I think the male body is completely unappealing, and I don't want a pervert checking me out while I am taking a shower or changing clothes.

I don't think our soldiers should have to worry about whether a roommate or someone in their barrack wants to have sex with them. It is just one less thing they should have to worry about. I think it is worth losing the prospective soldiers to give the other ones the peace of mind. Otherwise we may lose good men who would like to serve but don't want to shack up with a pervert.