Zona
A guy in ariZONA
I was in the Navy from 1969 until 1989. That's 20 straight years of unbroken service. I retired honorably and was glad I served. In that 20 year period of time I personally know of five different times in which gays were discharged from the service. In each case it was because the gays openly admitted their homosexuality and came out of the closet except in one case when two people engaged in homosexual activity was actually caught in the act onboard a ship I was stationed on. Their sexual preferences, while I was in, was not tolerated. As I said, I retired from the Navy in 1989. That was 20 years ago so I have been out of the military for as long as I was in. While I do believe the times are changing, I don't believe that allowing gays to openly serve in the military is going to be as well accepted as some seem to insist that it will. Myself, personally, I am glad I am no longer on active duty and have to tolerate this type of thing. I was not raised to accept and believe that homosexuality was normal - and I do not believe it is normal behavior now. I am very thankful that I don't have to put up with this crap. I believe that time is going to show that allowing homosexuals to serve openly is a very bad mistake.
When you first joined, remember when women werent allowed to serve on ships. didnt you say the same thing about them serving on board?
I hope you understand my point.