When I said that I didn't mean it as natural or choice. I said that earlier, but easy to miss in all the fray.
Don't people have the right to make that choice?
I am not asking the military to make any such stance on their behavior, except that I did say earlier that harassing and assaulting people are already prohibited. So if some one who's a homosexual decides to violate those rules they would be discharged just as you or I would if we did the same thing with the opposite sex. I don't think the military should take a stance on anything that's a choice, religious beliefs, political affiliation, etc.
The military service has changed a lot since King David headed north with his army and it will change again and again.
I just can't see why somebody's sexual preference choice would exclude them from fulfilling their responsibility top their country. In fact, I think it discriminates against heterosexuals to say that only they can die for their country.
As I said in one of my first posts, homosexuals have been in the military forever and we seemed to have done the job? It just seems like the current policy is idiotic. See a guy with a guy off-base and discharge the guy. That's wasteful and unnecessary for my money.
“Don’t people have the right to make that choice?”
Yes, people have the right to chose to participate in homosexual behaviour. One consequence of making that choice is to be excluded from serving in the military.
“I don’t think the military should take a stance on anything that’s a choice,....”
Anything? How about drug usage? DUI’s? You really have no concept or understanding of anything regarding the military.
“I just can’t see why somebody’s sexual preference choice would exclude them from fulfilling their responsibility top their country. “
And since it is beyond your understanding, you think that a major policy change is warranted for all branches of the armed forces. You really should just sit back and enjoy the freedom that others are protecting for you and let those of us that did the work worry about how to treat homosexuals in the military.
“In fact, I think it discriminates against heterosexuals to say that only they can die for their country.”
If I chose to risk my life to protect my fellow American’s freedoms, then when the military accepts my voluntary choice they are not discriminating against me. I voluntarily put myself in that situation.
“It just seems like the current policy is idiotic. See a guy with a guy off-base and discharge the guy. That’s wasteful and unnecessary for my money.”
Again, you have no understanding about unit cohesion or esprit de corpse. I think you should concentrate on other wasteful government programs for your money. There are plenty in your own state that you can worry about.
Leave the heavy lifting to those that are out there carrying the weight of your freedom.