Having homosexuals in the armed forces would create an unacceptable risk to the high standards of morale, good order and discipline, and unit cohesion that are the essence of military capability.” The act prohibits any homosexual or bisexual person from disclosing his or her sexual orientation or from speaking about any homosexual relationships, including marriages or other familial attributes, while serving in the United States armed forces. The “don’t ask” part of the policy indicates that superiors should not initiate investigation of a service member’s orientation in the absence of disallowed behaviors, though mere suspicion of homosexual behavior can cause an investigation.
So I think the policy is right, It is actually there to allow homosexuals or bisexuals to enter the military. If that policy was not in place, the majority would have to conform to a few, which in reality would not happen. All that would happen would be a decline in moral and complaints and even more problems then the military already has. Homosexuals want to be heard, I get that, but they need to know that they have to be respectful towards the ones that don’t want to hear it, the majority. So in conclusion the policy is in place to allow homosexuals to enter the military, period. The policy is correct.

I think i’ve seen this somewhere before…but it’s not bad at all

i spent 8 years in the navy and separated honorably as a first class. i don’t think most people that fight for the repeal of this understand what they are asking of our soldiers and sailors. i have no issues with homosexuals or even of them serving, but there is no separation of openly gay men and women and straght men and women. we have to sleep several feet away from each other. we change our clothes and share bathrooms and showers together. i may not care what your sexuality is through the normal course of the day, but i certainly don’t feel comfortable standing naked in a shower next to a openly gay man. smallminded? maybe. but i think it is the exact same reason why men and women have separate berthings and bathrooms in the military. i’m called smallminded because i don’t want to live this close to an openly homosexual man but it expected and the norm for male/female situations. i don’t see the difference. until the military creates separate living environments for gays, it is unnacceptable to treat the straight soldiers and sailors as if they are unreasonable to feel this way. may as well combine male and female living quarters and tell women to “get over it” (the fact they are standing naked next to a complete stranger in the shower or getting dressed a foot away from their male shipmates).

you have to respect the rights of everybody, not just gay people. you want them in the military, fine. everyone should serve if they so choose. but separate them. and how will that go over? it’s discrimination only if its not discrimination when i step into the women’s shower room and berthing without reprise.