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The Rainbow Clause:
Giving us the right to choose who; where; when; why; and how.
Gays and the Military
United States policy toward gays in the military
is humiliating and an embarrassment to the nation. Where else are people
forced to closet themselves in a veil of secrecy - and risk losing their
livelihood and maybe even their lives - if they admit that they are gay?
Military housing is non-existent for gays, health benefits are not an option,
and harassment and humiliation are an everyday occurrence and is even encouraged
by some of those in command.
While all of this is horrendous of itself, this
slap in the face is delivered after our young men and women vow to give their
lives to protect our country. The message is loud and clear: "We will allow
you to pour out your blood on our chosen battlefields as long as you don't
admit to being gay. If you do, your dedication and sacrifice are worth nothing
and you will be treated like pond scum and sent on the next train home."
Despite all of this treatment, gays and lesbians
still sign up in remarkable numbers. And it is not only gays that get slighted
by the anti-gay atmosphere in today's military. Even heterosexual women who
fail to respond to advances from male service members have become the target
of harassment - because, afterall, why wouldn't a woman want to sleep with
a man unless she's a lesbian? Or so they ignorantly believe.
This reasoning and increasingly oppressive
atmosphere has paved the way for an astounding number of service men and
women to be discharged from the military - and I'm not talking about those
responsible for the harassment! The people discharged are believed to
be gays and lesbians that have violated the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.
Under this law (that was meant to help gays serve in the military) superiors
discharge members who spill the beans or represent themselves to be gay.
All of these discharges take an amazing toll
on the military. In fact, more than 10,000 service men and women were discharged
from the military by the year 2003 under this policy, just nine years after
it was implemented. Among these discharges have been linguists fluent in
languages such as Arabic, Korean, and Farsi, translators sorely needed for
the supposed war on terror.
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