Won't be long till the Military tries to reinstate Gays thrown out

[bushvoodoo]

Especially since so many of them were top of the class Arabic translators

[LittleApple81]

1. This is really twisted. But since what they are looking for is cannon

fodder, would you not send he people you dislike first? And I have not seen such hate as I see from the repugs towards the gays.

[Ganja Ninja]

2. If I was a ready reserve and they called me back I would

show up in drag.

[Cat Atomic]

3. "No! You can't get married- but go die for my gas while I sit on my ass".

I think we're going to see a new, gay-friendly style of Republican. At least when it comes to Halliburton slave labor.

[David__77]

4. In '92, I had mixed feelings about the "gays in the military" issue.

I'm gay. I wasn't old enough to vote in the 1992 election, but I was politically active. At the time, the lesbian/gay movement was very focused on inclusion in the armed forces, and of course Clinton said he agreed with this until faced with predictable opposition.

At the time, I wondered: why do these gay people fight for THIS at this time? Isn't repealing sodomy laws and legally recognizing relationships with domestic partnership, etc., far more important than this? Or anti-discrimination legislation? But the main theme was the military of all things.

Sometimes I'm concerned that the powers-that-be will use the demands of the gay movement to try to split up a progressive coalition. For instance, with one hand a corporation will try to smash a union, and with another will earn plaudits by enacting domestic partner benefits. How do we as progressives weigh these things?

In truth, in these times, the gay loophole is an important one. People of conscience can claim they are homosexual and be excluded from further military service. That is an important thing. Eventually the ban should be lifted, but it's LOW on my priority list at this time.

[Solon]

5. I think it was because the military is a microcosm of society...

or at least it was. Simular to integration, it started with the military and then "spilled" into society at large.