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(Reuters) - After years of worrying what might happen if openly gay troops were allowed in the military, the Pentagon said on Thursday there had been [b]no impact on morale, readiness or unit cohesion in the eight months since the ban on homosexuals was lifted.[/b]
President Barack Obama, who on Wednesday became the first U.S. president to publicly support gay marriage, helped champion the end of the U.S. military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. He is counting the ban's repeal last September as a fulfillment of one of his campaign promises.
The 1993 policy allowed gays and lesbians to serve in the military only if their sexual orientation was kept a secret. Many senior members of the military publicly warned against repealing the ban in wartime, saying it could hurt cohesion of troops or undermine morale.
[b]Defense Secretary Leon Panetta[/b], however, said a report he received on Wednesday showed there had been [b]no negative fallout[/b] - something he credited to the military's gradual preparation for repeal, which included sensitivity training.
[b]"It's not impacting on morale. It's not impacting on unit cohesion. It is not impacting on readiness," Panetta said.[/b]
[b]Army General Martin Dempsey, who as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff[/b] is the top U.S. military officer, said:[b] "I have not found any negative effect on good order or discipline."[/b]
Asked what many top brass had been afraid of, Dempsey said: "What were we afraid of is we didn't know.
"And I think that the way we were given a year to make this assessment to educate ourselves to collaborate, to build the sense of trust ... [b]I think it worked out well,"[/b] he said.
Under the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, more than 14,500 U.S. service members were thrown out of the military since it went into effect in 1993, according to the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network. (See graphic r.reuters.com/vaj83s)
Gay rights groups for years denounced the law and called its end a important milestone in the fight against anti-homosexual discrimination. Some have compared its demise to the integration of the U.S. armed forces.[/quote]
What a fucking surprise
The Drill Sergeants told us that the last training cycle they caught privates butt-fucking each other when they were checking the weapons at night.
New Army.
Didn't we rush African-Americans to the defense of the ROK and everyone was screaming "It's a race war waiting to happen!!!" and nothing ever did happen?
No shit.
No fucking shit. It's only ignorant bigoted shitstirrers that think it's a bad thing, the vast majority of people simply doesn't give a flying fuck.
World's second largest 'I told you so' after ole' Winston's 'don't trust hitler, he's a lying bastard'.
Looks like Legal Gay Marriage throughout America is fast approaching
Just proves USA is a highly diverse nation.
That was painfully obvious. What did they expect to happen anyway?
[QUOTE=proch;35931058]That was painfully obvious. What did they expect to happen anyway?[/QUOTE]
evidently for the rise of the gay bandidos
Also, why the "COME AT ME" picture?
[QUOTE=proch;35931058]That was painfully obvious. What did they expect to happen anyway?[/QUOTE]
that all the gays would start butt fucking each other in the middle of a battle
[QUOTE=BuffaloBill;35929036]No fucking shit. It's only ignorant bigoted shitstirrers that think it's a bad thing, the vast majority of people simply doesn't give a flying fuck.[/QUOTE]
and it's those people who make it an issue
it's like a bug bite that doesn't itch at all, or even rash unless you itch it
it's only an issue if you make it one
hell, it's even LESS than that
Lies! Surely defences have been weakened by all that distracting sodomy and weapons clogged from all that semen.
A persons sexual preference does not directly affect that persons complete personality. Being gay doesn't mean your other interests would be affected because of that.
clearly they are lying in wait for the right moment to strike
[QUOTE=BANNED USER;35935939]A persons sexual preference does not directly affect that persons complete personality. Being gay doesn't mean your other interests would be affected because of that.[/QUOTE]
Apparently WASP men think they're so attractive that gay men wouldn't be able to resist.
I don't know if the GOP realizes that just because someone is gay doesn't mean they suck all cocks within blowing-distance.
I'm sure glad the pentagon spent their time and effot to deliver us this valuable knowlege.
Tax money well spent.
[QUOTE=Lankist;35936436]Apparently WASP men think they're so attractive that gay men wouldn't be able to resist.
I don't know if the GOP realizes that just because someone is gay doesn't mean they suck all cocks within blowing-distance.[/QUOTE]
Well when most of your encounters with gay men occur in airport bathrooms I guess it would seem that way.
Soldiers are more concerned with getting shot than whether their fellow soldier likes dick?
Color me surprised.
[sp]Not really.[/sp]
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