Reply #15: If I could've reached through the TV last night and snatched a few bald, I would have

[Solly Mack]

and it is absurd.(DADT)

There's a lot of ignorance about the military - and a lot of lying by those running for office (and those in office) - in regards to gays and lesbians serving in the military.

DADT and other appeals to prejudice do nothing but destroy unit cohesion because it introduces a manufactured barrier based on hate - and it is hate regardless of what label it's cloaked in - that gives permission to people to act on their most base emotions.

Politicians (and other, ah..authority figures) create the problem when they appeal to hate. People who can only feel better about themselves if other people are discriminated against are part of the problem.

Gays and lesbians serving are not the problem and never have been.