Don't Ask, I'll Tell...

It has been reported in Stars and Strips that 1 in 4 servicemen know of a gay or lesbian serviceman is in their unit. As the article says, this shows that the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy isn't working. Gays and lesbians are not allowed to tell anyone of their sexual orientation. Britain and Israel allow gays to serve side by side in their military. Why can’t the American government see that we are people too? We have families, we pay taxes, and we love and care for the people in our lives. We want to defend our country, but our government has decided that if gays are acknowledged the world will end. Take note of my previous posting about My Rights… I have a list of all the countries that allow gays to live life. Not hide the life they live.

The military wants to fight what they are calling the war on terror. I have a different explanation, but that is for later. So the war on terror needs people who can translate Arabic. There are few people who can do this much-needed job. Since a lot of the Arabic translators are gay, the government who wants to protect us tosses these people out of the service because they will not live a lie. Tell me that this is truly a government for the people. Tell me they want to protect us, me. If this is true, why are they putting us in harms way with pettiness concerning gays?

In the U.K. they are looking for gay servicemen. The Navy has put a recruitment advertisement in one of the gay and lesbian paper. Why is it that the world power (according to some) has problems that other civilized countries don't seem to have? I think in George W's head that gayness is still a mental disease. If this is so, I wonder what people would call his disease - oh yeah cocaine addict and alcoholic, but its all OK that he has found god!

Read the complete article from Stars and Strips.
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Royal Navy Searching for Gay Recruits