Excellent point. That is the very definition of duty, and I admire people who are serious about duty.
But here's the crux of my argument, and it's a fine one: As a Christian, I have duties too. Sometimes, these duties conflict with my secular duties. And when my Christian duties conflict with my secular duties, it will ALWAYS be my secular duties that I abandon.
And that is what is at the very heart of this. As I stated earlier, Christiantity and homosexualism cannot co-exist.
And that is why implementation of this policy is so important to the godless Left.
I can respect that. But I'm not sure there is a Christian duty that requires you to refuse to work with gays if ordered to do so in the military. It certainly is offensive morally, and there's nothing wrong with condemning the behavior. And obviously, there's no reason to support or endorse it.
Under your logic, Christians should essentially considered themselves morally barred from serving in the military from this time forward, which would leave perhaps the most Christian major nation in the world almost defenseless, and far more vulnerable to militant islam.
I can't see how that approach would advance the cause of Christianity.
Nonsense. They always have and they always will.
There always have been and always will be active homosexuals, and there will always be Christian churches who teach that homosexual acts are sinful. Since the churches can't control active homosexuals who refuse to accept the gospel, and active homosexuals can't shut down the churches, the two groups will neccessarily always coexist.
That is the way things work in a society that guarantees freedom of religion.