Robert Gates, the defense secretary, announced that the Pentagon will be less strict about prohibiting homosexuals from serving in the military. There was a "don't ask, don't tell" policy which completely banned homosexuals from serving for our country. This policy has been around for 17 years. It was first implemented in 1993. President Obama and other officials are in favor of discarding this law. Beginning to make this change will take about a year. Another change they're going to make is deciding what's the correct amount of information needed before they research someone's homosexual behavior. This will take about 30 days to be in effect.
Some military members believe that these new changes will disrupt the attitude in a unit and cause problems.
I personally believe that homosexuals shouldn't definitely be allowed in the military. Why not? Their personal life shouldn't interfere with the fact that they want to fight for our country. We need to embrace the fact that these people are willing to give up their lives for our safety. Their relationships shouldn't affect this and they shouldn't be denied anything. This sounds like discrimination to me, and I feel sorry for any homosexuals who weren't allowed to follow the military path they wanted to. The old law is completely unfair. I'm glad that they're becoming more reasonable about it now, but it's still not all the way there yet. There are still restrictions that shouldn't be there. Let these people fight for us and let them make their own personal decisions.http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/03/25/military.gays/index.html?eref=rss_topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_topstories+%28RSS%3A+Top+Stories%29
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