Gays in the military

As a U.S. Navy Veteran from the early 1990's who is neither gay nor bisexual, and I remember that many of my fellow sailors were gay or lesbian. I am proud to know and have known those people. Gay, Straight, Bisexual, Homosexual, and Heterosexual, regardless of sexual orientation all military personnel whether officer or enlisted are held to the same high standards of good order and discipline as heterosexual sailors. Homosexual men and women sailors are no more allowed to have sex on duty, on board ship, or on base than their heterosexual counterparts. In fact, when there was a report or rumor of sexual activity at a base or on board a ship, it was always between heterosexuals, not homosexuals. When there was sexual harassment it was usually heterosexuals doing the harassing either men against women (remember Tailhook) or heterosexual against homosexual. Military Policy forbids investigating homosexuals who do not volunteer their sexual orientation or who are not caught in homosexual acts; this is the part of the policy that says, "Don't ask; don’t tell; don’t investigate." All too often such investigations take place; they are illegal, and they are witch hunts. It is time to finally change military policy to reflect true Justice. We need to stop subjecting our military to innuendo and witch hunts. It is time that the U.S. Military, which represents the best of the U.S. to the world, catches up with the rest of the nation and the world and stops discriminating against its own... both in the military, here at home, and overseas. I do not think that this has changed since I was in the Navy. The mere fact of someone being homosexual has no impact on their behavior. Whether or not someone engages in forbidden behavior is independent of sexual orientation. To discriminate against someone or some group of people simply because you are uncomfortable with who they are is as abhorrent as the Nazis discrimination against the Jews.