Reopening the Openly Gays In the Military Debate
As reported today in the Army Times Rep. Marty Meehan, D-Mass., reintroduces his Military Readiness Enhancement Act. The Act will do away with the Don’t Ask and Don’t tell policy and switch to openly allowing gays in the military. Rep. Meehan feels that now that there is a Democratic majority in the House and Senate he feels that they now have a chance to further open the door to allow gays in the military.
There is one problem that no one is mentioning about gays in the military will be the additional cost for quarters. The military does put men and women in the same barracks bay. So do you put straight Men in with gay Men in the same barracks bay or straight women with gay women? This would be the same as having straight men sharing the barracks and bathroom facilities with women or vice versa.
The problem becomes evident when you have a straight woman housed with gay women (or men). While deployed to NAS Cubi Point in 1987 my squadron had a case where there were two gay women shared a room in the barracks with one straight woman. The gay women enjoyed watching the very attractive straight woman, which was made uncomfortable. The gay women even groped the straight woman. How does the straight woman prove that she ahs been groped, when there are two people testifying to one. Both lesbians were eventually discharged for being documented as lesbians.
The branch of the service that would be the hardest hit by this policy would be the Navy. The cost would be the additional demands for heads (bathrooms for you land lubbers) and berthing (bunks).
The second problem with gays in the military is that it causes disruptions in unit harmony; the addition of the sexual aspect causes additional problems. Heck the problem of two guys interested in the same woman causes enough problems. By adding men and women or straight men and gay men or straight women and gay women it only complicates the matter even more.
2 comments:
Here is what I like about "Don't ask, don't tell." Without knowing it, President Clinton in making that determination, admitted to the world that he thinks that homosexuality is a CHOICE. Too many people have been caught up in the media pseudo science that teaches that people are born that way. If Pres. Clinton had believed that, he would have said, "They can't help who they are, so let them be who they are and stop bugging them."
Now, according to your post, it sounds like they are pushing for an official recognition that they had no control over their choice.
I pray that someone at the top can recognize this and prevent a very big mistake from happening. We all have to make choices in life. Let's just hope that someone in power makes a good one this time.
Bill Clinton our “First Black” and “First Gay” President had to do something for the gay community upon being elected President. What Bill did was come up with a way to allow homosexuals to be in the military. Bush 43 has taken way to long to get rid of that law or Presidential finding. I believe Clinton did it with a Presidential Finding.
What people do behind their closed doors of their homes I consider none of my business. Although, if you must partake in homosexual activity, don’t push your way into the military. The problem with social experiments of homosexuals in the military is it causes harm to the unit cohesion. Degradation to the unit cohesion will cause unnecessary deaths.
The American public has spoken very clearly that there should not be gay marriages. So taking that point, why do we still allow gays in our military as long as we do not ask and they do not say anything?
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