DamionStJames Webb Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 http://60minutes.yahoo.com/segment/185/don...ask_don39t_tell60-minutes segment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeriese Descenna Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 I've always thought "how can we calls our country the land of the free if we won't let gay people serve in our military?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rei Kuhr Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Well to be honest, I've seen the reason why homosexuals are not allowed to serve in the US military. I watched one person make an extremely subtle hint about his preference. 30 seconds later, it took 7 drill sergeants to haul about half my platoon off the guy and rush him to the hospital. The military recognizes that if you have a bunch of men with weapons out in the middle of nowhere where they cant be closely watched, that if a few of them are homophobic, you're going to end up with rampant assault and murder. In the case where someone lets slip the fact that they're homosexual, the military does yank them out, but they also keep the guy protected from all the straight homophobes who now want to kill him. So it's not really discrimination. It's just that in this age, those two groups just dont get along. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladimus Nikolaidis Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 What Rei said.... ^^ Nothing else to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayce Iredell Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Up north here, they actually ask you if you have a problem serving with different races/beliefs/sexual prefernces. I am assuming the taboo still exist, but I'm willing to bet if anyone answered yes, they'd be turned down for service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aryte Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Same reason males and females are seperated.Homosexuals sort of fuck up that seperation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xang Xiao Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Also you have to remember that according to the UCMJ (article 125) sodomy is a crime. So being gay is not against military rules, it is gay acts. You can be gay in the military, you just can't act upon your urges.http://usmilitary.about.com/od/punitivearticles/a/mcm125.htmEDIT: Also check this out at the bottom of the page which explains everything. If you think Article 125 was written to just discriminate against gays then remember it also forbids oral sex...http://usmilitary.about.com/od/joiningthem...tandards2_4.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rei Kuhr Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 OSHI- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lestat Umarov Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Xang Xiao wrote:Also you have to remember that according to the UCMJ (article 125) sodomy is a crime. So being gay is not against military rules, it is gay acts. You can be gay in the military, you just can't act upon your urges.http://usmilitary.about.com/od/punitivearticles/a/mcm125.htmEDIT: Also check this out at the bottom of the page which explains everything. If you think Article 125 was written to just discriminate against gays then remember it also forbids oral sex...http://usmilitary.about.com/od/joiningthem...tandards2_4.htmYea, I remember reading the regulations at one point and being told that "missionary" is the only authorized position. Which is kindof funny considering someone would have to invade your privacy to even know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
