WASHINGTON (AP) - The top uniformed officers of the Army and the Marines say letting gays serve openly in the military at a time of war would be divisive and difficult, sharply challenging a new Pentagon study that calculates the risk as low.
Their assessment, expected Friday at a Senate hearing, was likely to become political ammunition for Arizona Sen. John McCain and other Republicans fighting to keep Congress from repealing the 1993 law that prohibits gays from acknowledging their sexual orientation. Democrats have promised a vote this month to repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" law, although its chances of passing this year were considered dim.
"If the law is changed, successfully implementing repeal and assimilating openly homosexual Marines into the tightly woven fabric of our combat units has strong potential for disruption at the small unit level, as it will no doubt divert leadership attention away from an almost singular focus of preparing units for combat," the Marine commandant, Gen. James Amos, said in remarks prepared for delivery to the Senate Armed Services Committee.
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11 comments:
Come on Generals. The new law will give the military a LOT more volunteers. You need the people so just admit it and get off your high horses
I think gay people are less likely to join the military because they tend to be more affluent and intelligent than heterosexuals. They are too smart to join.
They are not wanted if it was a matter of gays wanting to defend the country that would be one thing. There goal is to infiltrate and destroy our fighting force or damage it in any way. Mush like the wiki leaker Bradley Manning the gay military activist did.
12:41, you're a moron.
And I find it hard to believe that a soldier worried about killing the enemy and surviving another day on the battlefield is going to be too concerned with the next guy's sexual habits.
1:07 It's not like they're going to be on the front line they will be in an office picking through classified documents and sending them to wiki leaks.
Homosexuality is a perversion people with a compromised sense of morality shouldn't be in the service.
They need treatment not enabling.
1:19 and 1:27, both idiots. Probably the same idiot posting both comments. Spare us your morality high horse and treatment comments every single time a post about homosexuality comes up. You're boring us. Yawn....
4:04 PM
You are not the least bit entertaining either.
And you're probably gay to boot.
4:04 Your a sad excuse but I hope you get help.
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