Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Homosexuals in the Military Options

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Openly gay people are banned from the military. However, you can be "in the closet" and still serve, as long as you don't reveal your sexual orientation. The "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy is often mentioned in these sort of debates.

If a soldier's homosexuality does happen to be revealed, however, they are to immediately be discharged.

There have been some unfair discharges, however. In one case, one homosexual soldier was harassed with e-mails, and eventually, this anonymous person e-mailed the whole battalion, warning them that there was a homosexual soldier among them. His homosexuality was eventually revealed, and was immediately discharged. His roll in the military was an Arabic translator, which are extremely helpful to have, and not very easy to find.

People supporting the discharging of homosexuals testify that they cannot allow such immoral behaviour within the military. They also say that it is detrimental to the military to have such "unique" individuals (where the goal is to have cohesive groups of soldiers that are preferably as closely alike as possible).

Discuss, please.

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The don't ask, don't tell... is to save the lives of homosexuals. Because the fact is, homosexuality isn't widely accepted. Many homosexuals have been flogged and killed just because of their sexual preference. So it's not a thing of hatred, it's a thing of savin their health so they can die for a real cause... like the terrorist that don't exist

P.S. Just to let you know, my friend told me that when he was in boot camp. Instead of racism, it was hatred towards homosexuals. He was tellin me how a few guys were suspecting this kid to be homosexual, and they would say things like, "a good homosexual is a dead homosexual" and taunt the kid. Come to find out, the kid was never gay to begin with, nor bisexual. The kid ballsed (not a real word) up and told them he isn't gay and he proved it when his girlfriend came for the graduation.

So homosexuality is definitely not respected in the military, hate to break it to ya.