Gays in the Military Options

[USCavalry]

I think legally and publicly accepting gays into our armed forces is a step forward in a modern military. Though I can imagine some of the potential drawbacks, the benefits outweigh them in my mind.

What do you think?

[karmakiller]

^ I think that there will still be homosexuals who serve in the military and won't be open about their sexual preference, because they will be concerned about hate crimes against them.

In all honesty, the only area of the military that I can see being concerned is infantry, because of the question of what if two men who are serving in combat are involved in a relationship with each other, will that affect how they perform their job? I think a lot would be quick to say that it would, just like if women were allowed to serve in infantry and one of them was involved with another member of that platoon, it might influence the decisions that one of them makes. And that could cost lives. But if the military puts restraints on relationships between men in certain job fields of the military that's still discrimination.