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Originally Posted by mookiemookie
22 out of 26 NATO countries allow gays to openly serve in the military. All of the handwringing and objections have already been handled by these countries. You don't read about beatings being handed down to gay Australian or German troops, or Israeli soldiers being distracted because one of their squadmates happens to be gay.
Distractions causing soldiers to lose limbs? Who's going to be so worried about the gay man behind them that they get their legs blown off? That's about one of the stupidest and nonsensical things I've ever heard. And I hang out in GT.  |
I agree with you and don't think it should be a major issue, unfortunately in the US its a volatile subject regardless. It's likely going to have to follow the same sort of path that the civil rights movement did in the 50's/60's in order to gain nation wide acceptace.
The main reason I'm behind the DADT
for the interim is so that we don't end up with social segregation, where they are considered different but equal. We all know how well that turned out (just watch Mississippi Burning, a perfect example of how callous people can be and deep rooted the stereotypes run).