[CaptainHaplo]

OK boys and girls - stop getting personal and get back on topic before a mod comes in here and fusses at ya all.

To help with that - I will return to the issue.

Should the republicans who voted to repeal be chased out of office? Considering one was Richard Burr, longtime republican senator from NC, I have some input on that. Its not about party line, its about what each senator's constituency thinks on this issue. This isn't about what the senator individually thinks, but what the will of the people of his district is.

With that said, Burr should be run out of town on the basis that this vote by him did not accurately reflect the view of the majority of voters he represents. He represents part of the "Bible Belt", and the voters of that area tend to hold a biblically based moral view of homosexuality and its acceptance.

Now if you want to debate the merits of the law being overturned, thats fine. Having served, I have reservations about the repeal, but then again the soldiers of today are not the same as the ones I served with. The younger generations have a greater acceptance for such things that we did not.

I actually never liked DADT. The reality is that in the military, your sexual preference should never be "OPENLY DISPLAYED". Your a soldier, a sailor, a marine or an airman. Thats what your there to do - your sexuality doesn't have a place in it - whether your homosexual or heterosexual. In uniform, you didn't drape yourself over your girlfriend at the PX. There isn't a soldier in the US armed forces that going "on duty" means they are supposed to be having sex or discussing sexuality. Simply put - to say that its fine for "openly gay" people to serve is the same as saying its ok for "openly straight" people to serve. Guess what - neither is correct because sexuality is a PRIVATE matter - keep it that way.

The issue I have here more than any other however, is that this isn't about the military at all. Its about a CIVILIAN SOCIAL ISSUE! There have always been gays in the military - and always will be. Let the civilian society work out its kinks - but leave the military alone to do its job.

Before one of you get your panties all in a wad by saying "So a gay person shouldn't be allowed to be themselves in the military? What is fair about that? What about their rights or individual free expression?" let me answer this way:

1) Few things are FAIR in the military
2) When you voluntarily enlist, you voluntarily abrogate certain rights and knowingly expect that your right to "individual free expression" is compromised.
3) No one said gays shouldn't be allowed in the military - but no person's BEDROOM behavior has a place being "openly" displayed.

Soldiers have a duty. Anything that complicates that is an unnecessary distraction - and those can get you killed. Repealing this was bad on the basis that sexuality has no place in the military at all. DADT could and should have been fixed.