St. Petersburg Times: A shabby way to treat gay soldiers

From St. Petersburg Times editorial page
It seems the military doesn't want homosexuals in its ranks - unless they are nearing deployment. Then the policy shifts from "don't ask, don't tell," to "if told, don't listen."

The number of discharges for gay service members has fallen off substantially since 2001, with last year marking the lowest number in a decade. As reported in Reason magazine, part of the cause might be found in the military manual titled the Reserve Component Unit Commander's Handbook, which includes a regulation suspending the discharge of gay soldiers in those units about to be mobilized.

The military has vociferously objected to allowing gay soldiers to serve in the armed forces on the grounds that they undermine unit cohesion, which the military says is necessary for success on the battlefield. Yet when battle is imminent and recruiting is down, the military is apparently happy to look the other way.

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http://www.sptimes.com/2005/12/09/Opinion/A_shabby_way_to_treat.shtml

it's all just silly. It's an open secret anyway; not like real soldiers really give a damn at crunch time. It's a policy of old farts. My SO is retired Lt Cdr Enterprise, and we know people from brass to grunts - there are a LOT of us in the military and we know how to fight.

Maybe the military should worry about OUR morale and try to keep US happy, for their own sake. Plus, some of those straight guys in the military are our friends, brothers, uncles, sons & daughters, and it's family. They've got our back just like we have theirs.

They'll have fun doing it , too.

they disapprove of . . .

kinda like eugenics . . .