Comments on: Don't Ask, Don't Tell supporters ignore "real news" about gays in the military http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-10516.html/ PinkNews.co.uk Gay News (UK and world) from Pink News - all the gay news for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered community in the UK and beyond- thegaynews from Pink News Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:12:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Jay http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-10516.html/comment-page-1/#comment-41755 Jay Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:13:26 +0000 http://www.pinknews.co.uk/?p=10516#comment-41755 The US military can't stop the straight guys from being sexually inappropriate with the female recruits, why the hell do they care about the gays? The US military can't stop the straight guys from being sexually inappropriate with the female recruits, why the hell do they care about the gays?

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]]> By: Riondo http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-10516.html/comment-page-1/#comment-41653 Riondo Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:32:30 +0000 http://www.pinknews.co.uk/?p=10516#comment-41653 The percentage of service people who wouldn't want to serve with out gays and lesbians is in any case a red herring. They serve with whom they are commanded - I think it's called military discipline. I imagine that a fair number of American service personnel in the 1940s wouldn't have liked the idea of serving alongside black soldiers, but President Truman did the right thing and de-segregated the military. Racism was defined as the source of indiscipline, not the presence of black people. The same principle applies to homophobia. The percentage of service people who wouldn't want to serve with out gays and lesbians is in any case a red herring. They serve with whom they are commanded – I think it's called military discipline. I imagine that a fair number of American service personnel in the 1940s wouldn't have liked the idea of serving alongside black soldiers, but President Truman did the right thing and de-segregated the military. Racism was defined as the source of indiscipline, not the presence of black people. The same principle applies to homophobia.

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