Hello, our own military (and their republican cheerleading squad) is full of 'gay deniers' too

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General Peter Pace - chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff:

"I believe homosexual acts between two individuals are immoral and that we should not condone immoral acts... I do not believe the United States is well served by a policy that says it is OK to be immoral in any way.
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As an individual, I would not want to be our policy, just like I would not want it to be our policy that if we were to find out that so-and-so was sleeping with somebody else's wife, that we would just look the other way, which we do not. We prosecute that kind of immoral behavior."

http://www.queerty.com/queer/news/general-peter-pace-calls-gays-immoral-20070313.php


Bush responded:

"I will not be rendering judgment about individual orientation," he said. "I do believe the 'don't ask/don't tell' policy is good policy."


McCain said the 1993 law . . .

" . . . unambiguously maintains that open homosexuality within the military services presents an intolerable risk to morale, cohesion and discipline."

"I believe polarization of personnel and breakdown of unit effectiveness is too high a price to pay for well-intentioned but misguided efforts to elevate the interests of a minority of homosexual service members above those of their units. Most importantly, the national security of the United States, not to mention the lives of our men and women in uniform, are put at grave risk by policies detrimental to the good order and discipline which so distinguish America's Armed Services." McCain, who voted in favor of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" in 1993, says "I remain opposed to the open expression of homosexuality in the U.S. military, he said."

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,99905.shtml



They seem to recognize Gays and lesbians in the military when they need them. According a Servicemember's Legal Defense Network press release:

"The Pentagon's data shines a bright light on the hypocrisy of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'. When military leaders need the talent, skills and qualifications of gay personnel, dismissals decline. Then, during peacetime, the dismissal rate climbs again. The Pentagon's own data shows that, during times of war, when unit cohesion is most important, fewer gay troops are dismissed. In fact, lesbian and gay Americans are making important contributions to our national security. The ban on their service, and not their service itself, is what erodes cohesion most."

http://www.queerty.com/queer/dont-ask-dont-tell/index.php?page=2