Gay People And Their Right To Militarize

Funka Genocide · 02-02-2010, 01:54 PM

That's kind of bullshit Blues. I've known a lot of people from the "South" in the military who weren't bigots or racists. Some of my best friends are from Texas. That's just another form of discrimination.

The truth of the matter is that the don't ask don't tell policy is mainly in effect because of the voting public. (old people.)

The military doesn't create it's own top-level policy, and honestly any general with troops in Iraq or Afghanistan right now would be happy for any personnel, he doesn't really care what gets them off so long as they can shoot a rifle.

Also, it's not technically illegal to be homosexual in the armed forces, you just can't talk about it or have homosexual sex. Sodomy is still against the law in the UCMJ. But that's really the whole basis of don't ask don't tell.

It has really nothing to do with how military personnel feel about it, it's dictated by the people put into office by the voting public of America. You have to shift public opinion of homosexuality before you can repeal don't ask don't tell, that's basic politics.

02-02-2010, 01:54 PM	#10
Funka Genocide Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 4,566	That's kind of bullshit Blues. I've known a lot of people from the "South" in the military who weren't bigots or racists. Some of my best friends are from Texas. That's just another form of discrimination. The truth of the matter is that the don't ask don't tell policy is mainly in effect because of the voting public. (old people.) The military doesn't create it's own top-level policy, and honestly any general with troops in Iraq or Afghanistan right now would be happy for any personnel, he doesn't really care what gets them off so long as they can shoot a rifle. Also, it's not technically illegal to be homosexual in the armed forces, you just can't talk about it or have homosexual sex. Sodomy is still against the law in the UCMJ. But that's really the whole basis of don't ask don't tell. It has really nothing to do with how military personnel feel about it, it's dictated by the people put into office by the voting public of America. You have to shift public opinion of homosexuality before you can repeal don't ask don't tell, that's basic politics.