re: #168 SanFranciscoZionist

Gay men have been serving in the U.S. military since it began. What’s changed, except that now no one has to run around keeping it hush hush?

And where does this idea come from that guys will date inside combat units, and that this is MORE likely to cause fragmentation than a close nonsexual friendship, or for that matter, a feud over beer money not paid back?

I just see people looking for trouble at someone else’s expense.

I don’t think that we have a priori answers to this. It seems to me more likely than not that everything will go smoothly, but the science isn’t in on the question. We don’t flat know.

And feuding over beer money does contribute to a lack of unit cohesion. Small unit cohesion is precious, and has to be forged, and there’s many things that can erode it.