Penny Wise Dollar Stupid

800 - The number of gays and lesbians expelled from the U.S. Military holding "Mission Critical" positions according to the Pentagon's own records.

$365,000,000.00 - The cost to the military of getting rid of and replacing 1,100 gays and lesbian military personnel.

Apparently the military still has the $600 toilet seat mindset. When will we stop letting our hatred, fear and bigotry overrule our intelligence and logic?

$365 million of your dollars got wasted because of an unproven assertion that unit cohesion would suffer extreme damage if gays and lesbian could serve openly in the military. People said the same when African Americans and women were introduced into the services. It seems that neither the military nor the world came to a screeching halt during those integrations.

And to those of you in the military that want to maintain the ban I have one question...why? Are you guys afraid a gay guy is gonna see your dick? Guess what? I'd bet every man (over 16) alive today has been seen naked by at least one gay man in his lifetime. Since you didn't burst into flames I would guess that you survived the event.

You guys will go out and face a heavily armed enemy that will very likely be trying to kill you, but you're afraid of a gay guy seeing your willy in the shower. Give me a break!! Can you say BULLSHIT!

Raven