President Barack Obama's top military adviser said Sunday the Pentagon has enough challenges — including two wars — without rushing to overturn a decade-old policy that bans gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military and incites political and social factions on both sides. Full Story »
Posted by Glenn LaBauve
"There is a concern?" Who exactly is concerned? And why? How can they not be concerned that highly experienced, decorated military personnel with special skills we could use right now--Arabic translators. for example--are being let go because they are gay? How could they see it as more of a danger to have closeted gays who could be liable to blackmail, than open ones who are not? If this is the latest argument for discrimination, I have to say I find it a weak one. As a piece of journalism, this also fails because it only tells one side. And that fairly poorly.
