re: #368 funky chicken

Neanderthal alert. Anyhow, out lesbians serve without any problems at every AF base we’ve seen. The guys don’t care, and the straight women get hit on by men more than they do by lesbians, so they don’t care either. I’d guess that 99.9% of military men would have zero problems sharing a foxhole with a lesbian. Some of them become very uncomfortable with the gay male though, which just makes me think they don’t like being ogled the way they ogle women.

I can understand their not wanting to constantly walk in on sex acts in the close quarters they inhabit…but that’s possibly because I’m a female.

I really have no idea what would happen in the barracks and in the field, if DADT were rescinded. The air force, navy, and coast guard seem to think it wouldn’t be much of a problem. They’re judging from their experience with today’s heteros and today’s semi-closeted non-heteros, I guess.

The army seems to think it would be workable. There’s an obvious upside; closeted folk can come out without fear, and you can recruit talent you’d not otherwise get. So the downside would have to be more than a minor inconvenience to outweigh the upside.

The marines aren’t so sure. Their misgivings should be given some weight. Rescinding DADT might best be done on a service by service basis, to see how it goes in those sectors where a good outcome seems most likely. If a good outcome materializes, then move to the next service. Reality has a habit of differing from expectations, which is why we have science, for instance. Some humility is in order. We don’t actually know what the outcome would be until we try it and see.