Don't Ask and Don't Tell GONE

Don't Ask, Don't Tell is a policy asking that gays and lesbians in the armed forces do not reveal that they are gays or lesbians. Violate this rule and you will be expelled from the armed forces. Although this policy does not apply to me in any way at all because a) I am not homosexual nor is anyone in my family, and b) I am a blogger so obviously, I am not exactly in prime condition to participate in the military, I DO have bisexual friends who have rigid opinions on this topic, thus pushing me to the Boo DADT side. When I heard that the policy was in existence, the first thought that came to my mind was, "So now all of the gays have to act straight? Is it not bad enough that many already do outside of the armed forces and under no law only because they are afraid of being treated differently?" Now that it is in the news and close to vanishing, I realized that I did not actually know the motives of the opposing Yay DADT side. So I did some research.


A Little Research (in my own words, and from legit sources):
Yay DADT

• Soldiers believe that working with openly homosexual fellow soldiers will be like working with someone of the opposite sex (NBC News 4).
• Having to deal with the possibility of your bunkmate hitting on you is just too distracting and could lead to increase in casualties due to inattentiveness caused by worry that your bunkmate is hitting on you (The Daily Caller).
• (Apparently) being in a significant state of war at the moment, Air Force Chief and other high ranking officers believe it is unjust to break it to families of soldiers that there will be gays and lesbians in combat (The Daily Caller).

So, to sum it up, the Republicans think that gays and lesbians will ruin the soldiers' focus and distract them. I guess I can understand that it would be like having a co-ed military experience but I still support the repeal of DADT. I mean, come on. It's like telling you to live a lie 24/7. 

What are your views on DADT and its repeal after 17 years?

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