If your sexuality is kept in the bedroom where it's supposed to be, then there's no problem with gays serving in the military. As long as you're capable of fighting, then you should be allowed to serve. Any citizen who wants to fight for his or her country should be allowed to. With our military overstreched, it would be helpful to allow more people to enlist. To discriminate on the basis of sexual preference is ridiculous; it's time that we move beyond these stereotypes. Homosexuals have always served in the military, there's no denying that history. I don't believe that careers should be destroyed because of hear-say about a person's sexuality. That is no one's business. Now if unwanted sexual advances are made by a soldier towards another, then they should be reported to the authorities. The military is no place for that kind of activity.

They're people plain and simple. There is no logical reason why they shouldn't be allowed to serve openly.

To paraphrase the immortal Bill Hicks, anyone STUPID enough to want to serve in the armed forces should automatically be allowed in, whether gay or straight. Liking men in the bedroom way has really nothing to do with a person's fighting ability. I like women, but I can be around them without wanting to sleep with all of them, why are homosexuals automatically assumed to be promiscuous? If bombs and bullets are exploding around you, you're not going to be thinking about how much you want to nail the guy in the trench next to you.

I used to think Clinton's Don't ask, don't tell compromise was plenty sufficient. Then I considered the issue more thoroughly. Most of us in the work world would be pretty ticked off if a co-worker we deeply respected, who had admirably given their heart and soul to the organization, was quickly fired from their job after a detail of their private life was admitted. You'd wonder why your employer would make such a big deal over it. You'd question the economic sense of dismissing someone of their developed talents, having to hire somebody else who might possibly suffer the same fate. The military is the last major employer in America where that kind of discrimination is obvious, yet found acceptable. Although I don't know for sure, I suspect people underestimate the ability of the armed forces to be able to deal with people's admissions and for people who are gay to act professional and perform effectively with their team. People once thought that women were unfit to become soldiers, but people got over that. Bottom line: who am I judge a whole class of people who want to serve their country as being an unworthy liability?

Why not?

Why shouldn't they? Equality and equal rights for everyone, Like I stated earlier!