The arguments for keeping “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” look more and more ridiculous every day. Now that conservative military establishment types like Colin Powell, Robert Gates, and Admiral Mullen have all made clear that they think gay and lesbian service members should be allowed to serve openly, the proponents of DADT are grasping at straws.
This list of arguments against gays in the military underscores the absurdity of the discussion. My favorite? This one, from noted jackass Saxby Chambliss (R – Georgia):
In my opinion, the presence in the armed forces of persons who demonstrate a propensity or intent to engage in homosexual acts would very likely create an unacceptable risk to those high standards. It will lead to alcohol use, adultery, fraternization, and body art. If we change this rule of ‘Don’t Ask, Dont Tell’ what are we going to do with these other rules?
-Alcohol use? In the military? Has he ever heard the phrase “like a drunken sailor?”
-Adultery? Fraternization? There’s no need to even respond to those two.
–Body art? I don’t know about you, but I want my soldiers to have tattoos of skulls with flames shooting out of them.
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How can anybody think that any form of a communications gap in the military is a good thing?
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