This way they can continue to speak with forked tongue - claiming they are not against the repeal of DADT since the caveat will never be met.
I think the caveat can and will be met. I have that faith.
Now let's say that CC felt this way (NOT SAYING HE DOES!)...so in your opinion, too bad, so sad, don't like it get out is your answer? Their personal feelings should be thrown aside?
How does help create moral cohesion? How does that not create animosity? How does that not stoke the fires? You can't say, screw you military, I quit and leave the next day. You have to fulfill your commitment, which could be months or yrs, all along the time you beaach, moan and groan creating tension within the unit.
That is the logistics some of us are talking about. That is the minutia that some of us fear by Ram rodding this through.
You can say, great have the homophobes leave, it will be a better service, but without the completion of the study we don't know how many homophobes are out there. We don't know how the AD military member wants the implementation to occur for moral cohesion. We know squat from them and thus, we will not be able to predict the fall out from any decision made by the hierarchy.
I do agree that people adjust. I actually think the military probably adjusts faster than society, since it is this is it, deal with it situation. However, to ignore the fact that even you said they do not share quarters. Mike had a valid point. Why not? Why are women now going on subs not sharing quarters with men? What's the reason for not allowing it? Could it be a woman may not feel comfortable sharing quarters with a man, from a sexual standpoint? If so, why can you not accept that a heterosexual man could feel just as uncomfortable?
I don't believe every man wants to have sex with every woman, do you? Just as I don't believe every homosexual wants to flip a heterosexual! Thus, my point is still valid...why not berth women with men? If you believe that sex is not an issue than we should have co-ed dorming. If you believe that some people do not have that open mindness to co-habitation, than you can understand why sex plays a large issue in the situation.
It is still interesting how people only pick up on the berthing more than they pick up on the bennies. Yes, they have been touched upon, but nobody has addressed if the military will follow the Fed in benefits or not, and some bennies are not Fed employee bennies. Remember, BAH is not taxable, thus it goes on your Fed Income Tax return...how do you do that if the Fed does not recognize your marriage? COLA is determined by dependents, this could be under the Fed program. Lot's of gray here.