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Originally Posted by Fbomb
Well don't hold hands.
Lets have a guy number 3 and a guy number four.
Number three goes to movies with married woman and gets busted. he can be thrown out for adultery.
Guy number four goes out in assless chaps with some girl on a chain. Whats going to happen to this guy?
So lets have it all chaged to have 2% of the military have their own version of fun.
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Let me try stating it like this. A guy joins the army. He decides after his first 4 years are up to reenlist. After that 4 years he decides he wants to make it a career. He is 10 years into his career when it is found out he is gay. He has had a perfect, spotless record up until now and has been a model soldier, but now it is found out that he is gay and he is thrown out. It would be one thing if they said up front when he enlisted that if you are gay and you lie to us about it you will be tossed, but when that doesn't happen, you do your job perfectly and then get tossed that is wrong.
Should a person be forced to live their life in secret because otherwise they will lose their job? What if he wants to take his guy out to a romantic dinner. Someone sees him there and it is the kind of place couples go, not a couple of singles guys. Or maybe he wants his long time boyfriend to move in with him (of if he is in a state that allows it get married to the guy). Should he be forced to just stay at home and never be seen in public with his boyfriend for fear of getting thrown out of the military?
What it boils down to is this. Do we tell gay people if they want to serve in the military they have to be prepared to be tossed out the minute they are found out so they better live like a second class citizen and never attempt to lead a normal life when they are off duty?