I support "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" because, in my opinion, it is the best policy when it comes to military effectiveness.
If, in the future, the policy is no longer needed to maintain military effectiveness, then I would support scrapping it. The only thing I am concerned about is having as effective a military as possible. If allowing open gays to serve does not hurt that, then I am fine with letting them do so. Any other political, sociological, religious or moral issues should not be considered, IMO.
I can't predict the future, but I think this will become less of an issue as the views of people in the military will continue to trend in the direction of the population at large.
“Any other political, sociological, religious or moral issues should not be considered, IMO. “
Wow. That is so backwards.
You cannot have an effective military without all of those considerations. Especially the last three.
Its no wonder we are doomed as a country, party, and ideology when we have conservatives who don’t see a problem with homosexuality. Unfortunately, I think you are right. The moral decay of this nation has gotten to the point where only %58 of active duty see the problems with homosexual in the military. That means more and more people are starting to think like you. More’s the pity.
Have you ever been in the military? Just curious.