Is Rick Santorum suggesting that heterosexuals hide who they are also? Do they lock their children away in the attic along with their wives? Is Santorum too young to realize that DADT was also “social experiementation?” It was an incremental step created by President Bill Clinton to fulfill a campaign promise to gays regarding military service. He met with such resistance he had to offer DADT as an alternative to ending the ban on gays in the military to ward off serious Congressional sanctions/legislation.
Santorum really doesn’t get that being homosexual isn’t always about sex. He totally overlooks the state of being component. How does he propose to put that genie back in the bottle?
And as for those trash-a$$es that booed a service member who is honorably serving his country–SHAME ON THEM. They simply have no class. Regardless of how one feels, the booing was totally unacceptable.
@Rick Bentley
I was surprised at McCain as well. Loved the dye job on Strom Thurman too! “Unit cohesion” sure was parroted frequently enough despite the studies (buried) that implied it wouldn’t be a problem.
As long as article 12- Sodomy, is on the books of the UCMJ, homosexual behavior will be illegal within the military. And that will include OFF-DUTY behavior. Open homosexuals will be subject to legal action.
As for unit cohesion, that would depend upon the actions and mannerisms of the homosexual, being that the gay person is the one that needs to conform to the unit. As one mil-blogger said,…..if they allow homosexuals to serve, I hope that he’s one of those big, buff gays that can pick me up and carry me out of a combat area if I’m wounded…..
That said, having openly gay people in tight berthing spaces brings up problems with privacy, sex, etc. That is what disrupts unit cohesion.
Something that doesn’t seem to get mentioned is that the military is going to take on a class of people whose sexual predeliction opens them up to an incurable disease, which inturn could cost unknown amounts of money for drugs and disability payments. If we have to use walking blood banks as we did in Vietnam, how are we going to know if these guys are giving blood? Will they have to declare their status and thus be rejected for blood donations? I sure as hell hope so.
@George,
how do you know some of the women aren’t hooking or promiscuous? Perhaps regular HIV testing should be a part of the program
@Moon-howler
Granted, heterosexual “Hooking up” or being “promiscuous” does have some risks, but I would venture the risk of developing AIDS/HIV is not as great–and I don’t want to take the time to look up the numbers. I doubt that HIV testing will happen as a routine unless we see an prounounced rise in HIV/AIDS among male homosexuals who will now be in the military. I just know that when we did wallking blood banks in Vietnam, we were looking for fresh blood and didn’t have the need to be concerned as we must be now. It is an entirely different world in medicine todaybecause of HIV/AIDS.