| oldschoolfool said: Read my last post of me playing devil's advocate. |
I just did, but I'm not persuaded by those arguements. I have little doubt that a notable minority of the military will be disturbed by this move, and perhaps there will be some short-term disruption, but multiple modern armies function just fine with openly gay servicemembers, and I don't see why in the long run we'll be an exception.
Moreover, I would point out that similar arguements were raised in order to oppose integration and women in the military. I'm aware that both of those groups still meet discrimination in the armed forces, especially the latter, but I don't for a moment believe that those problems are insurmountable, and our military has continued to function at a high level even with the resulting discrimination.
