“So heterosexual servicemembers should be forced to live with, dress and disrobe in front of, and shower with openly homosexual individuals?”
Um, yes? For over 200 years, we lived, dressed, and disrobed in front of closeted homosexual individuals.
“How is that different from forcing heterosexual men and women to live in the same room, dress and undress in the same room, and shower in the same open bay showers?”
This is a hilarious question, considering the current drama over ‘men in women’s spaces’ and other such bullshit.
But, really, who gives a shit? I know that women who are fully clothed are just as attractive to me as those in various degrees of undress. Humans have imaginations. So if they’re interested in you naked, they’ll be interested in you dressed.
“ The fact that homosexuals cannot procreate within their sexual identity makes it self-evident that it is not viable as a "lifestyle." It is a non-self-sustaining deviation.”
But as long as straights are fucking, there will be gays. SO it doesn’t HAVE to be self-sustaining within an arbitrary boundary.
“As far as the individual who stated he would leave the service if "gays" are allowed to openly serve, I urge him to reconsider. I would advocate him joining what will undoubtedly be a very large sub-culture in the military (comprising both officers and enlisted) that will devote itself to thoroughly intimidating "open servers" to the point that they want nothing more than to permanently walk out the front gate and not look back.”
Hey, fuckknuckle, if the repercussions of being caught before, humiliated, and drummed out of the service did not drive them out, then assholes being bigoted assholes aren’t going to do anything but fire their resolve.
“The line has to be drawn somewhere.”
It has been. The secular military of a secular nation has no basis of discriminating against serving members.
“The first time a couple of "open servers" walk into an NCO or Officers Club holding hands -- that club will become a "gay" bar.”
Nope. Didn’t happen.
“Of course, you just write the names down of those who patronize the establishment. Then deal with them later.”
Just in blatant violation of the UCMJ… you never served, did you?