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Commenters on the Problems With Overturning DADTSome interesting stuff. All from people in the military, who, as I've said, should be the voices that carry furthest here. AmishDude: Here is why DADT functions: Gays don't get protected status for being gay. They can't sue or otherwise demand special treatment because of their status as homosexual because they can't admit to it. Don: he best thing about DADT is it allowed gay people to serve but let everyone maintain the polite fiction that there is nothing "wrong" and everyone could get along. It forced the bigots to keep their mouths shut, and let the brass punish them if they didn't, and it allowed gay people to serve as long as they didn't cause any waves. It's a win-win situation right now. Empire of Jeff: I joined in 1993, right after DADT. The primary difference was that when in enlisting, the recruiters had to line through two questions on a questionnaire dealing with homosexuality (they hadn't even changed the forms yet). Another objection is lodged by several people: In practice, gays will not be assigned to combat units, where they would be more of a problem in unit cohesion; instead, they'll be given non-combat jobs. Which means that straight men, who would expect to have the occasional non-combat assignment, will just get more combat assignments -- which isn't fair. Another poster brings up that this is just what happened as more women joined the Navy; the women got the land assignments, meaning men wouldn't get them, and would tend to spend almost all their time at sea. Whereas before they'd swing the occasional patch of land-based duty. | Recent Comments
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