Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, have urged Congress to overturn the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
I don't generally weigh in on military policy. I know this makes me kind of a rarity in journalism, which often consists of little more than a civic form of back-seat driving. But I tend to assume that people who have been doing a certain job for a significant length of time know what they're doing, unless and until they demonstrate otherwise.
So when it comes to military policy, I generally assume that people in the military have a better grasp of the issues than someone like me, who never served.
But for what it's worth, I've known a few lesbians in my time who served honorably in the military. And at a time when we're at war in two different countries, can the military really afford to reject qualified people because of their sexual orientation?
Gays in the military thats nothing new,hell some of our greatest people were gay in fact this whole country seems to be gay.Honestly now is this really an argument or is somebody trying to get some more closet space.