Comments on: Got Soldiers? The HRC’s Tour Against “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/09/got-soldiers-the-hrcs-tour-against-dont-ask-dont-tell/ K.G. Schneider's blog on librarianship, writing, and everything else Sun, 20 May 2012 03:37:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Elizabeth http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/09/got-soldiers-the-hrcs-tour-against-dont-ask-dont-tell/comment-page-1/#comment-23404 Elizabeth Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:18:19 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/09/got-soldiers-the-hrcs-tour-against-dont-ask-dont-tell/#comment-23404 Excellent post, thank you. This unjust policy sets a ton for inequality for gay people in other industries. People get the idea that it is just and easy for gays to just work full time with people for years and never mention their partner of 20 years and their kids and their family holidays, on and on. That sort of lack of communication isn't good for anyone. It is especially regretful the stereotype that some how because someone is gay their attraction is somehow different than all the straight men and women who work together in the army. Should we make a law that straight men and women can not work together? And start kicking out straight people too? How about if you wear brown shoes? There must be a crime in that? Thanks again for the excellent post. Excellent post, thank you. This unjust policy sets a ton for inequality for gay people in other industries. People get the idea that it is just and easy for gays to just work full time with people for years and never mention their partner of 20 years and their kids and their family holidays, on and on. That sort of lack of communication isn’t good for anyone. It is especially regretful the stereotype that some how because someone is gay their attraction is somehow different than all the straight men and women who work together in the army. Should we make a law that straight men and women can not work together? And start kicking out straight people too? How about if you wear brown shoes? There must be a crime in that?

Thanks again for the excellent post.

]]> By: Mark http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/09/got-soldiers-the-hrcs-tour-against-dont-ask-dont-tell/comment-page-1/#comment-18715 Mark Mon, 09 Jul 2007 20:16:38 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/09/got-soldiers-the-hrcs-tour-against-dont-ask-dont-tell/#comment-18715 Karen, I fully support this change in policy and have for a long time. But I have got to be honest, I'm having a real hard time being very vocal about it at this moment in our history because, well, I have real serious issues with making a claim that even remotely sounds like gays are just as capable of dying.... I know that's not really what the argument is. But, <i>somehow</i>, it still <i>sounds</i> that way to me. I fully understand the benefits of letting every qualified person serve and keeping out those who are unfit--and sexual preference as a discriminator has nothing to do with either of those. Maybe I'm still a bit too close with a son still serving and not wanting to see anyone else's children go off to war, but how do I support this at the moment? It's not that I don't support it and supporting it is the right thing. I guess the timing shouldn't really matter in the grand scheme of supporting someone's rights ... but how do I square that with just not wanting to increase the pool of those allowed to go off and die for this cluster****? Is this just a matter of it often being hard to do the right thing? Karen, I fully support this change in policy and have for a long time. But I have got to be honest, I’m having a real hard time being very vocal about it at this moment in our history because, well, I have real serious issues with making a claim that even remotely sounds like gays are just as capable of dying….

I know that’s not really what the argument is. But, somehow, it still sounds that way to me.

I fully understand the benefits of letting every qualified person serve and keeping out those who are unfit–and sexual preference as a discriminator has nothing to do with either of those. Maybe I’m still a bit too close with a son still serving and not wanting to see anyone else’s children go off to war, but how do I support this at the moment? It’s not that I don’t support it and supporting it is the right thing. I guess the timing shouldn’t really matter in the grand scheme of supporting someone’s rights … but how do I square that with just not wanting to increase the pool of those allowed to go off and die for this cluster****?

Is this just a matter of it often being hard to do the right thing?

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