From the article: Don't Ask, Don't Tell - The Military Policy on Gays
President Obama is considering overturning the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy, and allowing gays to serve openly in the military. Do you think this is a good idea? If so, why? If not, why not? Share Your Reasons
Why not?
- Why should someone be denied something like this just because they are gay? Is this not the United Stated of America? Is this not a free country? No, I am not gay, nor do I support them. But I am not against them either. They don't harm me in any way, so let them do whatever they want. Being gay isn't a disease, you won't turn gay from hanging out near gays. My opinion? Mind your own business and live your own life and let everyone else live theirs.
- —Guest Chris
Hell no
- For one are you kidding me it has been wrong for the longest time just cause a bunch of people started crying and saying its not far and I have rights well then lets just change all the laws that arent fair that trouble you but as long as your happy we americans have rules and laws for a reason!!!!!
- —Guest Peters
Where do you draw the line?
- Ok...gays in the military. That's fine for now. Now that we crossed that line what's next? I have a right to have sexual feelings and relationships with children? I have a right to have feelings and relationships with animals? How dare you dis on my sexual preferances!! It took decades for don't ask don't tell to be rescinded. Ok well mission accomplished. Let's see what's next. Give it a few more more decades and you can have sexual disires about anything and not be criticized for it. Decades ago it wasn't the norm or social acceptable. Years from now there will be things that in our time we thought were vile but in the future they will be normal and acceptable. Where do you draw the line?
- —Guest Guest
assholes on the web
- im sick and tired of people picking on gays and lesbians, they're human, no two humans are the same. let them live the way they want, you wouldn't want someone telling you how to live.
- —Guest jonathan belman
YES THEY SHOULD
- I MYSELF IS A LESBIAN. AND I THINK THEY SHOULD BE ALOUD. ALL MY FEMALE COUSINS HAVE BEEN IN THE MILITARY,EVERY BRANCH,AND THEY ALL DATED GIRLS.. AND OBAMA SAID THAT GAY MARRIAGE IS ALOUD,SO WHY NOT? WERE JUS LIKE OTHERS! YOU CANT HELP WHO YOUR HEART FALLS FOR! SO I WILL PROUDLY SERVE MY COUNTRY WITH MY LESBIAN SELF!!!!!! AND GAYNES ISNT WEEKNESS. IF YOU WERE TO QUESTION EACH TOWN. I BET U,THERE IS MORE GAYS THAN STRAIGHT!!!!!!!
- —Guest lesbian101
fags in the military
- I thank GOD I served before there freaks of nature were allowed.
- —Guest Dale
Weakness
- Everyone has a weakness in some form, some weaknesses are stronger than others. Being gay or lesbian is a form of weakness. Being gay is learned through watching others act. I have met many people that are gay and they say that they seen their friends do it or they met someone who was gay and they thought they "liked It". You dont just wake up one morning and decide "hey, I think I've been gay all along, so i'm going to let the world know." I think this way of living is low and very tacky. You might try to defend a gay by saying they cant help it but we get mad at all the people that do drugs and are alcoholics (unless you are one), why dont we just say they cant help it and let that slide? Its a weakness that they CAN overcome. They are gay by choice, not by coincidence or by just being "born that way". I believe that not just gays should be banned but anyone not mentally and/or emotionally stable enough to be in the services should be kicked out so i'm not just bashing the gay societ
- —Guest Amiee
Bigots shouldn't be in the military
- A complete ignorance of sexuality is quite obvious in your article. Tell me, when you are with women, do you always fantasize about all of them? Regardless of who they are? Do you get uncontrollable urges when around women that you simply have no choice but to rape them whenever you are forced to be alone with them? Seriously, is that what you think all men are? Animals? Gay men and women have served in the military even BEFORE the dropping of DADT. And there's been no problem so far has there? I've never even heard of a single gay serviceman raping anyone. It's always the straight ones who invariably rape a girl somewhere in a foreign base. It's only when they those who are already bigoted who learn that their comrades are gay who start getting paranoid for no reason. I admire the gay men and women who serve in the military the most. Even at great personal sacrifice they still serve a greater good. They've given more to the country than "real" men ever will.
- —Guest Sacred Band of Thebes
Let me tell you
- I was in the military for (navy) several years and found out some things about gay's serving in the service. First, the gay's follow there own goals and appoint or promote other gay's up the ranks as favors. Next they do make sexual remarks to others that bother the strights. They gang up and have ruined many good duty area's by making life for strights hard, and lieing on fitness reports, while supporting the gay agenda. No I did not see them having sex on the ship but there were many case's of sailors both men and women caught and reported while I was on the ship and many were never even charged because of friends that were in positions to head off the reports. This was before don't ask, don't tell. I hate to think of what is happening now to people that have to deal with this now!
- —Guest Former sailor
Here's my opinion.
- An individual shouldn't be judged or held back because of what they believe in or choose to do; such as sexuality and religion. That's their beliefs we all have them. A person's preferences should not interfere with their judgement. God/Great creator created us all, those who believe in him, those who kill and sin against him, and those who choose/are homosexual. I have friends who are from different backgrounds . In the end we all have our beliefs on a lot of things, but denying someone a right (as long as it's within the consent of the government) based on their preferences and beliefs that's outrageous.
- —Guest Maika
YES
- ALL OF YOU PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT GOD,JESUS,ETC AND THAT BEING HOMOSEXUAL IS A SIN, DID YOU FORGET THAT HE DIED FOR OUR SINS? THEREFORE HE DIED FOR HOMOSEXUALS ALSO. I AM A LESBIAN AND SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY. I AM ONE OF THE REASONS YOU ALL CAN SIT HERE AND JUDGE OTHERS. I (THE LESBIAN) GAVE YOU THE RIGHT TO BE FREE AND TO HAVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH. SO WITH ALL OF THIS BEING SAID, IF YOU HATE HOMOSEXUALS MAYBE YOU SHOULD START HATING HETEROSEXUALS BECAUSE WE AREN'T GOING ANYWHERE BUT UP AND YOU HONESTLY HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE BUT TO DEAL WITH IT OR MOVE TO A COMMUNIST COUNTRY AND HAVE NO FREEDOM AT ALL. HAVE A WONDERFUL LIFE AND REMEMBER YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU MIGHT NEED A HOMOSEXUAL TO HAVE YOUR BACK OR SAVE YOU OR SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY!!!!!!
- —Guest JANDE
Yes
- A wise man once said "The worst enemy one can face is the one on his side." and it is very true. To address the first majour fear, being hit on, all I have to do is point out the obvious. First of all you already shower with gays, just closeted, and as can be seen by teh lack of horror stories they kept it perfessional. Gays, just like straight members, come to veiw their fellow cadets as brothers and friends, not sexual objects. In much the same way that you have no desire to have relations with your sister many have no desire to have realations with you. To address your second issue, that of them ruining moral, just turn the situation around. What would happen if America banned all blondes from serving, because they are partiers (a steriotype that is untrue). YOu would all be upset and not see the logic, the same thing for gays. These men and women love America dearly and are fighting for it, yet you have the audacity to say they should be treated as second class citizens?
- —Guest Air Force Trainee
this is not what i wanted...
- It breaks my heart to see my children with such hatred in their hearts. Love is all that matters. Follow that and you will never be lead astray.
- —Guest God
reasons...
- Are gays and lesbians dangerous? I would think not! Why would anyone think they present a danger? I am not against gay men or lesbian women. I have had many friends who are gay and lesbian throughout my life. I was in the military and I worked with a couple of gay guys with whom I became good friends and who never let on that they were gay. This was in the late 80s when you could lose your security clearance if you were "out". They were professional and their sexuality was never talked about. I did not mind working alongside these gay men. However, I would have preferred more "privacy" when it came to living quarters, such as during the two years of training where we all showered together. Not that I was afraid of these guys, but one of them would spend too long "showering" and it did make some of us uncomfortable. It would be difficult to provide alternative quarters, since putting them together might seem inappropriate. Should gay women and gay men share rooms, since they would not h
- —Guest ichigi111 tigers strike
rly
- ok im idont believe in god at all but people who say being gay is a sin and god said so that not tru bc if it was a sin god wouldnt have made them for u god beiliever... and gay lesbion or bi people should have every right and as any other people ... they should be able to joint the military come on .. also for all those people who say that gay people are weak ill bet u myself ur wrong so yes no one should look down on gay people
- —Guest agonstic
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