Wendy, I agree wholeheartedly – I don’t care who you are interested in, I care that you can perform the duties required in service to your country.
There were some very interesting quotes and statements in the article…
Obama said…. "It is time to recognize that sacrifice, valor and integrity are no more defined by sexual orientation than they are by race or gender, religion or creed."
"As Barry Goldwater said, 'You don't have to be straight to shoot straight,"' said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., referring to the late GOP senator from Arizona.
“The Pentagon study found that two-thirds of service members didn't think changing the law would have much of an effect. But of those who did predict negative consequences, a majority were assigned to combat arms units. Nearly 60 percent of the Marine Corps and Army combat units, such as infantry and special operations, said in the survey they thought repealing the law would hurt their units' ability to fight. “
With regard to the last paragraph quoted, I know we have a number of members on this site who serve in Marine and Army combat units. I would like to hear their opinions on this. Why and how would having a gay person in the unit hurt the unit’s ability to fight?