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Thought you might like this article located here: https://right-thoughts.us/index.php/weblog/comments/obama_era_expected_to_end_taboo_on_gays_in_us_military/ Obama era expected to end taboo on gays in US military Good. Sixteen years after Bill Clinton tried to end restrictions on gays in the military, the US armed forces under Barack Obama may be forced to give homosexuals the same welcome as non-gays. Under president Clinton, the policy that once saw homosexuals discharged from US military service evolved to “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” allowing gays to remain in the military so long as they did not reveal their sexual orientation. Obama has pledged to overhaul current law. “The key test for military service should be patriotism, a sense of duty, and a willingness to serve. Discrimination should be prohibited,” reads an entry on the president-elect’s transition website. Going way back in the early days of this blog I talked about the anti-gay rules in the military, and especially how they hurt us tactically when the military started firing Arabic linguists left and right for being gay.  Beyond the rights issue, we have been irresponsibly stupid over the years by forcibly removing good and patriotic men and women from service just because they like grab-ass with people whose parts match their own.  Beyond the blogging, for my entire life I have been a proponent of full and equal...no, that’s not right either.  “Equal” rights for anything implies that there is a separation that deserves noting and I don’t believe that.  I have always believed in full recognition of the same rights gay people have that everyone else has.  I believe those rights to be inherent and obvious, and recognition that they are legally no different as human beings is the way things oughtta be, to steal a phrase. Obama is god-damned frightening when it comes to economic policy.  He seems to be a bigger spender than anyone could or has ever imagined.  However, on this issue, I proudly state that my President would do me proud to eliminate this irresponsible and unconstitutional discrimination of good and decent (and useful) patriotic Americans.  Not only is it wrong, it’s actually harming our safety and security.  As a practical matter, we are making a huge mistake here. Gay people should be able to proudly serve their country if they so choose, and we as a people should count ourselves lucky that we treat them so poorly and yet they still want to stand between us and the barbarians at the gate.  I’m not sure I would love my country that much if I were gay.  I’m not sure some of you would either.  If you are one of those who despise gay people, think about the ones that volunteer to get between you and a bad guy with a rifle.  If your very next thought isn’t “Thank you so much for being a better person than I am” then you clearly need to do some soul-searching.