You can also be discharged and discriminated against for being female, too fat, too old, too tall, too thin, too blind, too handicapped, too stupid, too smelly, too many poor teeth, too many kidney stones, too much of a liar, too fraternizing, too sexually harassing, and too unwilling to accept the rules and regulations.
The military is NOT the civilian world Terry. When was the last time you slept butt to face next to a man, and for that matter, an openly homosexual man?
"Don't ask, don't tell" is a reasonable solution which balances the needs of most people just fine.
Michael |