Gay

As a lesbian, who has served my country and has felt the immense presure of having to hide my true self, I’m happy that progress is being made to end this policy, but as an American I’m horrified that a policy that promotes blatant discrimination still exists in 2007.
There isn’t an arguement in existence that supports the don’t ask, don’t tell policy or the complete ban on gays and lesbian in the military that is anything, but a pathetic attempt at reasoning discrimination. I think if the military is going to keep beating the unit cohesion drum then they better come up with some sort of evidence to suppport it. I never see any evidence that supports this theory and I also can not imagine how serving along side lesbians and gays hurts unit cohesion. It’s happening now, just it goes mostly unspoken. You have to be a fool if you don’t think soldiers know about the sexual preferences of their fellow soldiers. The only issues will arise if from the ones whose hate or their phobia will make impossible for them to work beside a lesbian or gay, but I think it those people who are not to fit to serve. Where does their closed mindedness end? Are these the kind of people that can go overseas work with other cultures and be respectful to other religions, values and belief systems?