Quote Originally Posted by BanginJimmy View Post
I agree, but when it becomes a part of policy, additional considerations MUST be made to satisfy privacy and separation requirements. You could not room 2 gays together for the same reason you cannot room men and women together. So what do you do with them without giving them additional benefits that are not open to other service members of the same rank?
Here is were your statement makes an assumption of what would happen if you put two gay people in a room together. You compare two gay people in a room with a man and a woman in room, your own statement make the assumption that something will happen, merely because they are gay.

And what additional considerations will have to be made? If something such as this is an issue for you, then maybe you should distance yourself from gay people altogether. Your logic appears no different than those individuals who say that gay marriage ruins the sanctity of marriage between a man and a woman. Does having gays openly serve in the military change the purpose of the military? Has the military given up anything in allowing gays to openly serve? Having gays openly serve doesn't change the mission of the military. Furthermore, a belief that serving one's country in the military in not a matter of sexual orientation, its a matter of patriotism.

I will ask anyone here this question, if you were serving in a line (combat) unit or any unit in Afghanistan right now, would it matter to you whether the person next to you was gay? Would that person be less likely to due their duty?