DADT
Black Five started "a lively discussion on gays in the military" back in November last year. The comments thread now has hundreds of entries. Black Five writes:
If you're interested in hearing a frank, smart, honest discussion of the gays-in-the-military issue among actual soldiers, gay and straight, then click here. It's a fascinating debate - and suggests to me that a new consensus now exists within the military that the ban makes little to no sense any more.
I am a supporter of DADT (Don't ask. Don't tell) because I feel that, if gays are allowed openly in the military, then radical leftist gays will start whining for special treatment. I also do not like fixing something if it works. I guess that's why I am conservative. But I was surprised at the number of military folk who actually do not agree with DADT. The times they are a-changing.
Yesterday Andrew Sullivan linked to it from his new TIME blog. It has attracted so much more attention that Black Five has now started a new comments thread here.
This is the comment that I posted on Black Five's blog:
One of the most fallacious arguments for getting rid of DADT, is comparing the US with European countries who do allow gays to serve openly in the military. Europe does not have the equivalent of our "religious right." Europeans pretty much sit back and let their governments tell them what to think and do AND European gays are not nearly as radical and politicized as American gays.
And one of the most cogent arguments for DADT is the financial and cultural costs. It will open up the same legal can of worms as "gay marriage" - all sorts of unexpected consequences. I think we need to think things through a lot more before making sweeping changes.
That said, I hope that one day this will not be an issue but fear that radical gays will make sure it is an issue AND then stir the pot some more even after the stew is cooking away quite nicely just to be ornery or maybe just for the drama.
If you're interested in hearing a frank, smart, honest discussion of the gays-in-the-military issue among actual soldiers, gay and straight, then click here. It's a fascinating debate - and suggests to me that a new consensus now exists within the military that the ban makes little to no sense any more.
I am a supporter of DADT (Don't ask. Don't tell) because I feel that, if gays are allowed openly in the military, then radical leftist gays will start whining for special treatment. I also do not like fixing something if it works. I guess that's why I am conservative. But I was surprised at the number of military folk who actually do not agree with DADT. The times they are a-changing.
Yesterday Andrew Sullivan linked to it from his new TIME blog. It has attracted so much more attention that Black Five has now started a new comments thread here.
This is the comment that I posted on Black Five's blog:
One of the most fallacious arguments for getting rid of DADT, is comparing the US with European countries who do allow gays to serve openly in the military. Europe does not have the equivalent of our "religious right." Europeans pretty much sit back and let their governments tell them what to think and do AND European gays are not nearly as radical and politicized as American gays.
And one of the most cogent arguments for DADT is the financial and cultural costs. It will open up the same legal can of worms as "gay marriage" - all sorts of unexpected consequences. I think we need to think things through a lot more before making sweeping changes.
That said, I hope that one day this will not be an issue but fear that radical gays will make sure it is an issue AND then stir the pot some more even after the stew is cooking away quite nicely just to be ornery or maybe just for the drama.
posted by Joubert at 2:26 PM
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