Cityboy
Banned
I just watched an episode of 60 Minutes on this subject. I'm a veteran. I knew a gay Navy Corpsman when I was overseas. He caught hell from some of the "macho" badasses (so they thought), but the guy did his job and was a damned good field "Doc" as we Marines called our Navy medics. I still do not understand why a man would choose to have sex with other men, but....you know...WTF? Why not leave these people alone and let them serve their country?
I left the Marine Corps in 1986 and entered private industry. In my field, there are a few gay folks, probably about 1%, as is consistent with the rest of the U.S. population. But I noticed something about these people that was somewhat different from the general population....they tend to be extremely competent in their jobs and highly intelligent to a higher degree than the general population. Interesting. This is simply my own observation from my own experience. And here is another personal observation: Bigots and homophobes tend to be more ignorant and less competent in their jobs than the gay folks they hate. Go figure. Again, just my personal observation.
I also notice many older people, let's say 50+, tend to be less tolerant of gays and people different from themselves in general. Perhaps this is a generational thing?
Anyway, what say you, FF members? Should gays be allowed to serve openly in our military? If not, why not. If so, why? As for me, I say let them serve like anyone else as long as they get the job done like anyone else. Evaluate thier service based on performance of their jobs, not on what they do in private.
OK...let's vote & comment.....
I left the Marine Corps in 1986 and entered private industry. In my field, there are a few gay folks, probably about 1%, as is consistent with the rest of the U.S. population. But I noticed something about these people that was somewhat different from the general population....they tend to be extremely competent in their jobs and highly intelligent to a higher degree than the general population. Interesting. This is simply my own observation from my own experience. And here is another personal observation: Bigots and homophobes tend to be more ignorant and less competent in their jobs than the gay folks they hate. Go figure. Again, just my personal observation.
I also notice many older people, let's say 50+, tend to be less tolerant of gays and people different from themselves in general. Perhaps this is a generational thing?
Anyway, what say you, FF members? Should gays be allowed to serve openly in our military? If not, why not. If so, why? As for me, I say let them serve like anyone else as long as they get the job done like anyone else. Evaluate thier service based on performance of their jobs, not on what they do in private.
OK...let's vote & comment.....