Soldier discharged for being gay
By toni30
@toni30 (42)
United States
December 2, 2007 10:04pm CST
The first soldier was discharged under the military's Don't Ask Don't Tell policy. He was outed by a fellow soldier. Do you think he should have been kicked out? I feel like if he did not get caught doing anything He should have been able to remain a part of the military. The soldier stated that he went back in the closet to join the military. Let me know what you think.
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@Adoniah (7513)
• United States
3 Dec 07
There are always many ways of looking at things but when it comes to the government there is only the governments way. When you join the service, you sign your life away. You become the property of the United States Government. I remember when I was stationed overseas one time a WAVE got a severe sunburn and could not wear her uniform or perform some of her duties for awhile. She had to go before a Captain's Mast(not as bad as a court marshal) and was confined to her quarters except for work for 3 months because she had willfully damaged government property(her skin).
When this fellow entered the service he knew what could happen, he took his chances and he lost. Its a shame, it is an unnecessary law and someday it will most likely be changed. But right now it is the law and he new it and he broke it by enlisting. He stated that he went back in the closet to enlist, but did he? How did anyone find out about him if he was truely in the closet?
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@xParanoiax (6987)
• United States
3 Dec 07
You just stated everything that I wanted to say, Adoniah.
That's the unfortunate truth that most people, not even alot of soldiers want to admit though. That the government considers their own bodies, other human beings..their own property.
I know of a piece of news which came out the other day.
Soldiers who got injured in the line duty and were unable to complete the full bit of time they signed up for -- the government recently demanded a refund of the bonus money they gave them for signing up, even though it wasn't the solder's fault for getting hurt.
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@Adoniah (7513)
• United States
3 Dec 07
Whats even worse is when someone from the Guard is sent home with missing limbs or other disabilities. They only get 2 years of VA assistance and then they are on their own. That is why all of these little school children are collecting money to pay for artificial limbs for the troops coming home. It is for these National Guard troops who are not really military and are left out in the cold after two years. That is really sick!!
@anniepa (27955)
• United States
3 Dec 07
I think it's a total crock of bull! It was nobody else's buiness to start with so why did the fellow soldier think he had the right to "out" him? It's like the large number of men who were able to speak Arabic who were let go because they were gay; we don't have hardly any interpreters who can speak that language yet it's OK to get rid of the few there are because they're gay? This country is sick, sick, sick!
Annie
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