There is no reason a person needs to be “openly gay” in the military. This whole emphasis on a political agenda involving some people’s sex habits is absurd and dangerous to our defense.
The little fiddle is a-play over the uncommon situation of losing specialists of whom there is a critical shortage.
The question that was NEVER asked during the Senate hearings, was on the subject of cross-dressers & transvestites (or whatever they're calling themselves today).
What happens when the ship's Captain wants to step out in a cocktail dress and pumps? The possibilities are endless and NONE of them are good. This is going to be discipline and moral mess of EPIC proportions.