Figured this would get on here sooner or later, so I figured I would throw it out there first. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama_gays

I know I throw out an opinion once and a while that isn't too popular with the COAR15 masses. Well, I'm sure this will be one of them. He can't get rid of the military's current policy on gays fast enough. It's crap. I knowingly served with gays while in the military, and it didn't make any difference to me. Their partner selection was irrelevant, their work ethic was. Sexual harrassment is sexual harrassment regardless of the sexual orientation of the harrasser and harrassed. That's enough to cover it.

I saw this policy continually cause problems for commanders. One overt act of homosexuality and thus begins the 'kick'em out' dance. Are they doing it to get out without the taint of a discharge less than honorable, or are they really homosexual? Was the act enough to meet the definition? Will someone investigate this for us? bla bla bla. Look, either they are a good soldier, marine, seaman, airman or they are not. I used to sit in certain meetings and hear these issues discussed monthly, sometimes weekly. I've seen it hurt our military and very good airman get booted because they were who they were. It was just stupid. Right up there along the lines of the 18 year old convoy gunner I had in my vehicle not being able to buy a f'n beer in this country, but he could run a 50 in a war zone and possibly die or worse.

Forcing anyone to live secretly for any law abiding citizen is just flat out unethical in any form. I personally hate it that I have to be careful telling people what my hobbies are when interviewing for a job. Shooting and hunting are a huge part of my life, but I know there are those out there that will hold it against me to the point of not being able to make my morgage. This is the exact same type of secret life, same type of retribution.

Ya, but the military lifestyle is different. They have to live in close quarters. I don't want any gay guy looking at my junk in the shower.... It's all BS, and the sexual harrassment policy covers it. If you are so fragile that you freak out over being sexually harrassed by a homosexual, then you are probably too fragile for the military anyway. You report it and the chain deals with it...

Let the flames begin.