Historically, gay men have been serving in combat theaters since the First Messenian War, when Sparta rose to power as the Spartan Army
Of course, there are those hardline homophobes who'll go to their graves believing that an openly gay militia will cause harm to the morale of our fighting forces. Yeah, it'll undo all the hard work the government did to put smiley faces on all the men spending their summer backpacking across an Afghan desert. I mean, think about it. Does anyone really believe our military will suddenly start being overwhelmed by an influx of hairdressers or florists? People like that aren't going to enlist, which is one reason why I never understood the opposition to gays being in the service. The ones who volunteer are folks who sign up because they want to be there. They may be gay, but they'd rather be part of a troop movement in a military company than part of a troupe movement in a theater company. These aren't the folks who are intent on making khaki or cammo fashionable inside the military or outside of a trailer park. They're there to fight for our freedom. They're looking to blow things up, not blow each other.
Understand, there are standards in the military and, gay or straight, every soldier has to meet them. If they do meet the standards we should trust them implicitly to stand tall and defend us with integrity instead of wondering if they'll curl up like bitches under fire. We should, as a nation, embrace these brave people, at least figuratively, and stop worrying about them being gay or being in our military.
If you really want to start worrying about who's in the military, start a draft.
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