Don’t Ask Too Fast

It's time for the military to change again. Who someone sleeps with in there home behind close doors is nobodies bussines, and should not preclude anyone from serving in the military.

How sad that we are in 2009 and still having problems of acceptance and TOLERANCE among ourselves
How sad that the ones that fell most threatened with others people's choices are the ones against
How sad that we a POTENCY that went to the Moon still keep hung up on the erroneous and biggot ideas of the past
How sad is that we as a nation glorify ourselves of being cosmopolitan...and instead we are still facing racism and biggotry...and hate crimes...
How sad that we pride ourselves on being so up-to-date and send our kids to travel but we don't learn nor the kids of
any of the cultures and places they visit.
Hopefully this is the dawn of a new era. Hopefully we will mature and we will learn to live among others and be secure and grown up enough to accept ourselves and others and stop the silly thinking that kept us killing, hanging, linching, and torturing others for being different...
I pray for love, pray for justice, pray for understanding
And we AMERICA are about the diff colors, races, creeds, languages, cultures....this is what AMERICA is all about
right?
With love

I'm sorry but I currently know three men in the military that are gay. Two in the Airforce and one in the Army. All have served the country and done tours in, Iraq. Two of them choose to live by "don't ask don't tell" but that's only because some people can't get past themselves and deal with it. The third is black and gay and open about it. None of them flaming, none of them any different with their relationships then the other males are with their girlfriends. Of course a few people have issues with the open one but most people in his unit don't care. He doesn't hit on his peers and he is a fun great guy. I first met him when my cousin and some friends came to visit while on leave. He is like everyon else and proud to serve his country. It's extremely immature to assume all a gay man would want to do is hit on his comrads and worry about his bf... I know a lot of guys who freak out about their gfs while deployed and let that consume them and I know woman who can do their jobs and not let it affect their work. Grow up people. Not every gay wants your @$$.

People who are bringing God into this should think about Jesus' messages. After all God should treat everyone equally so therefore he should love them no matter what... nd if yout hink being gay is a disease or some sort of illness than would God discriminate them just because they are no 'perfect'... NO. Get real and if you cannot face the modern world han mybe you should go and segregate yourself rather then segregating people because of who they are attracted to ...

Everyone is created by the same God. Homosexuals and lesbians are born the way they are as surely as heterosexuals are born the way they are. It is not an affliction nor is it a chosen way of liife. To deny them the right to fiight for and serve their country, to marry, or any other right is nothing short of bigotry and should not be tolerated.

The privacy of individuals is sacred to all sexualities, so as hsitory will prove, being gay has nothing to do with being a good or bad soldier. Throughout history remartkable battles have been fought with homosexuals fighting side by side with heterosexuals. This gay thing is a matter of biology and genes RELIGION has nothing to do with it! The comments in this are revealing the problems reliogion does not fix in we human beings, fear of the unknown. May Giod help us!

Why is it even a topic we need to discuss.. Its become a sad state of affairs when we can't see people for who they are and not what they are. Whether straight or gay, both will do the job they need to and those that can't deal with it need to grow up and accept the fatcs of life that gay people can go to war or support the military just as well as a straight person. It seems what I have seen is that the younger generations are more able to except this and are not bothered by it. Has anyone ever wondered how many gay people are currently in the armed forces and no one knows and everyone is doing thier job so whats the difference. Maybe real peace begins with us by treating each other equal no matter their sexual preference or race.

I see nothing wrong with it, They are human too and they are serving our country, Although it should be kept private like anyother sexual relations, let it go let them in as long as they do their job.

asI read the first few comments I felt proud that my fellow Americans have grown to the point of seeing best a persons private sexual orientations and had also began to understand that being gay doesnt condem you to hell as a lot of narrowminded christians want to preach. Then I read a few more. My PRIDE turned into sadness and disbelief that an AMERICAN believes that it should matter if a person is GAY and wants to join the military! They are willing to join the military and fight for YOUR fredom and risk thier lives protecting a country that you wish to live in freely.. yet you want to turn them away?!?!?! i DO NOT believe in violence of anyt type... and Military actions scared the HELL out of me for the people that are involved! BUT... I appreciate that they are there protecting me and my children from the misguided ones.. you know the ones that hate America just because we are a free coutry and they dont agree with how we live! and I bet that the same people on here Screaming abt the gays are the same people saying if you dont like our country then stay out... you cant have Your freedom and keep freedom from the gays...

In the military men live as brothers and women live as sisters, in a very real way. Men live in close quarters, and women are supposed to be segregated from those close quarters. Likewise, military women live in close quarters and men are supposed to be segregated from it. The military operates on a code of honor. In a career that involves violence and strong passion in defence of life, liberty and justice, that honor is paramount in keeping the strong tendencies from destroying the humanity of the soldiers. That code of honor involves respecting each comerade as a person. Would a married man feel respected if he was obliged to sleep in close quarters or even shower with a woman that is not his wife? How then can we retain respect for persons when a married person is obliged to sleep in close quarters or even shower with someone of the same sex that could be physically attracted to them? These are things to consider in such a decision as this.

I don't understand the problem. I served for 20 years and people have got to grow up. The military can be a tolerant place. Homosexuals and bisexuals have always been with us and we are losing good people because of the current policy. We need to move forward and accept these people into ALL aspects of our society - including the military. They are as able and trustworthy as any who serve, sometimes even more so. I would not be surprised if there were arabic linguists who wanted out badly enough to at least pose as gay - their deployment rates were extremely high even in the 1990s!

if the military starting drafting men and woment they wouldn't care if the person was gay or not. As of now the military has a choice of who they can choose from. One day might come when the military will require more troops than they have enlisted. The military can't have it both ways. being choose when there is enough troops and taking anyone that can hold a weapon if they run short on the enlisted troop. At that point in time being gay will not matter to the military. I served in the Army in the early 80's when there was women in what used to be a man's world. They should treat everyone equal.

As long as gay's and lesbians do not have equal rights there is not a seperation of church and state. Again people are being force fed religion. Sorry I guess we don't have freedom of religion like we thought...