[relictele]

Why did you crop an already brief passage? The original read:

There is NO ban on gays entering the military. There IS a ban on publicizing the fact.

Neither statement differs with the policy you have posted.

[Lucky Dog]

Why did you crop an already brief passage?

Not sure what I "cropped." However, based upon what I interpret as the intent of your question and since you asked...

The DADT policy implemented by Clinton directly eliminated the question on entrance questionnaires that, in fact, established an applicant's homosexual behavior.

The legal presumption behind that question was based upon "demonstrated and acknowledged propensity to violate the strictures of military law and discipline" (Art 125 of the UCMJ). In fact, that underlying legal principle remains valid.

The implication of your statement (and other posted on this thread) is that homosexual practitioners would somehow reform or become celibate upon entering the military if they were not asked about it. Such would be the requirement to conform to the UCMJ after entrance. Unfortunately, that has not been the documented trend.

Therefore, that implication needed to be met and "defeated" with logic and fact.