[Fred]

Gay and straight people have always served well together in the military, and there would be no purpose in segregating us at this point. Incidentally, recent statistics have shown that service members who are discharged for revealing they are gay or bi generally are ranked as better soldiers than the average service member. The only question is whether gay people defending our country be able to be honest and open about their families and significant others. Every other nation in the developed world, and many in the Third World, allow openly gay people to serve, with stronger militaries to show for it. What rationale would there be for segregating the military? Perhaps you ask this because blacks and whites and men and women were segregated in the U.S. military in the past. However, that segregation was based merely on ignorance and prejudice, and I doubt many of us want to go back to those days.

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Name : Fred, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Gay, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Baptist, Age : 29, City : Washington, State : DC, Country : United States, Occupation : banker/student, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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