Pentagon study dismisses risk of gay troops

[sandiego_to_frisco]

WASHINGTON - A Pentagon study on gays in the military has determined that overturning the law known as "don't ask, don't tell" might cause some disruption at first but would not create any widespread or long-lasting problems.

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[GRIZZLYMAN]

Why cause any disruption at all, except to push a social agenda down the throat of the military (?)

[NJtoFrisco]

I bet there were people worried about "disruption" when the military was integrated too....

[GRIZZLYMAN]

Originally Posted by NJtoFrisco

I bet there were people worried about "disruption" when the military was integrated too....

The military was one of the few institutions that was ahead of the rest of society in integration. Nice strawman but this has nothing to do with race, does it?

[NJtoFrisco]

Originally Posted by GRIZZLYMAN

The military was one of the few institutions that was ahead of the rest of society in integration. Nice strawman but this has nothing to do with race, does it?

It has everything to do with accepting people who are different than you are and not looking at inclusion as a "disruption."

By the way, was that ramming down the throat analogy intentional?

[GRIZZLYMAN]

Originally Posted by NJtoFrisco

It has everything to do with accepting people who are different than you are and not looking at inclusion as a "disruption."

By the way, was that ramming down the throat analogy intentional?

Apparently, disruption in the short term has been identified as probable. Again, why do it if is going to disrupt units?

[snowballs]

Originally Posted by NJtoFrisco

I bet there were people worried about "disruption" when the military was integrated too....

There it is again, it never fails in this argument. Gay rights in 2010 != Civil Rights in the 1960s

[OKTX]

Originally Posted by snowballs

There it is again, it never fails in this argument. Gay rights in 2010 != Civil Rights in the 1960s

Predictable....And it only took him 7 minutes.

[sandiego_to_frisco]

Originally Posted by GRIZZLYMAN

Why cause any disruption at all, except to push a social agenda down the throat of the military (?)

Why discriminate in the first place?

[GRIZZLYMAN]

Originally Posted by sandiego_to_frisco

Why discriminate in the first place?

What's the point in disrupting our military in wartime for a social agenda that adds nothing to readiness?

What is the value added to changing this policy? Does it have anything to do with war fighting?