"I have no problem with consenting adults doing whatever they wish in private, whatever their sexual orientation happens to be. The role of the military however is to break things and kill people and as such is NOT the proper place for social experimentation of any kind. Until such time as gays are accepted as a normal part of society in general they have no business in the armed forces, period. And since I'm already out on this limb I'll crawl out a little bit further and say that co-ed combat units are wrong also. A soldier on the battlefield should only have one objective with absolutely zero distractions. Complete the mission and survive for another."
The simple fact is, Format C that through out history many of the greatest military commanders of all time were gay, including Alexander the Great & Richard the Lionheart (who even had an affair with Philip of France while on the Crusades) & Gordon of Khartoum.
BTW, if you think Gays wouldn't be be able to break things and kill people as well as straight men, think again. When Alexander was campaigning through Bactria (northern afghanastan) he came across a Greek City. Well these Greeks put out a feast for Alexander & his generals. However during the feast Alexander learnt these Greeks were descended from Greek traiters who allied themselves with the Persians nearly 150 years previously. Alexander then ordered his troops to massacre every man, woman & child in the town.
Another example was when Richard beseiged tyre (or was it Acre) he had the 40000 infedels (even though half were Greek Orthadox) executed because Saladin was late with the ransom gold.
Now about your comment that A soldier on the battlefield should only have one objective with absolutely zero distractions. Complete the mission and survive for another & your implication that co-ed units compromise the mission.
Well did you know the Red Army was a fully co-ed army in WWII & amongst the most successful tank commanders & fighter pilots were women. 2 of these woman fighter aces actually had more kills than any Americans fighter aces. Yes that's right there were woman in the Red Army's air arm that were more successful in shooting down planes than any of America's airmen. Same goes to the Russian Tank commanders, who had kill ratios that made the tankers in the west look like beginners. Actually a woman led the 1st 'Special Commando' reconasance raid into Berlin.
Also gays have caused no problem in conscripted armies where it wasnt a good enough excuse for an exemption, for example in the cold war conscripted armies of the Nertherlands, West Germany & Norway & the South African Army.
Actually here in Australia the 'don't ask, don't tell' policy was invalidated by anti-discrimination laws over 10 years ago, & the offical aceptance of gays in the military hasnt caused any problems, what so ever.
To those who worry about showering & living with men who might be attracted by you; well most of the ships in the RAN were designed for men only crews, so the women crew members on those ship sleep, shower & defecate with the men too. So if the women crew members can put up with men learing at them in the locker rooms, etc, then the men can to.
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