I didn’t answer the poll because it just didn’t make sense. Military order must be followed with very few exceptions. If you don’t follow an order you had better be prepared to face the consequences.
The military will shortly accept openly gay members, yes there will be some issues but like when the military was first integrated those problems will be overcome. Like they used to say when I was a young Marine, there is only one color in the Marine Corps, Green. I’m not saying everything was all peace and love between blacks and whites in the Marines, but when necessary it made no difference who was watching your back.
ckm8 wrote: I find it contemptible that these guys on here that sit home safe in their armchairs would spit on these proud warriors and make these disgusting jokes. Gays protect their right to abuse them in this way. It's ironic, ain't it?
If you are breaking the LAW, you are not serving honorably.
ckm8 wrote: I find it contemptible that these guys on here that sit home safe in their armchairs would spit on these proud warriors and make these disgusting jokes. Gays protect their right to abuse them in this way. It's ironic, ain't it?
Where did anyone say they would spit on any members of the Armed Forces? The only group I know of who spit on the military are lefties, and that’s not even the current crop of lefties, at least not in public.
Letting gays serve openly will help prevent things like the information that was given to Wikileaks by a disgruntled gay solider Bradley Manning. Who ever signed off on his clearance ought to be sitting in the brig right next to Bradley.
I’d add a caveat that any service members gay or straight who contracts HIV, Aids etc be immediately discharged with a less than honorable discharge.
Are you including me in that remark about homophobia? I have clearly stated my position. Your opinion will never change that nor do I care.
I don't care what two Consenting Adults do behind closed doors, it is their own business. What bothers me is that the small majority wants it to be the agenda for the whole country. That I oppose and always will. If you think that makes me homophobic, it is too bad.
Grady wrote: The military will shortly accept openly gay members, yes there will be some issues but like when the military was first integrated those problems will be overcome. Like they used to say when I was a young Marine, there is only one color in the Marine Corps, Green. I’m not saying everything was all peace and love between blacks and whites in the Marines, but when necessary it made no difference who was watching your back.
Are you including me in that remark about homophobia? I have clearly stated my position. Your opinion will never change that nor do I care.
I don't care what two Consenting Adults do behind closed doors, it is their own business. What bothers me is that the small majority wants it to be the agenda for the whole country. That I oppose and always will. If you think that makes me homophobic, it is too bad.
You can answer that. Do you think Gays should be second class citizens in the military even though they perform the same duties and take the same risks? Should they be forced to lie about who they love in order to serve the country that they love?
Apparently a majority of US troops DON'T CARE if gays are allowed to serve openly in the military.
When a majority of troops told Pentagon interviewers this summer they didn't care if gays were allowed to serve openly in the military, it represented a sharp break from the past when America's fighting forces voiced bitter opposition to accepting racial minorities and women in the services.
The survey, due out Tuesday, is expected to find pockets of resistance among combat troops to ending the ban on gays. But some 70 percent of respondents were expected to say that lifting the ban would have a positive or mixed effect, or none at all, according to officials familiar with the findings.
