Blondes or Brunettes?

As a former United States Air Force member, I have a few thoughts on the policy of "Don't ask, Don't tell".  In 1992 I was a 20 year old service member stationed at Whiteman AFB.  President Clinton had just taken office and was starting to go forward with a campaign promise he made to allow homosexuals to serve in the military.  At the time, if anyone found out you were gay, you were discharged.  The debate began.  I did not know one single Air Force member that wanted the ban lifted. Including a young homophobic version of myself.  I think the main concern (for us non-combat folks) was that a gay guy might catch a glimpse of our "junk" and suddenly not be able to stop themselves from "trying something".  People said it would hurt morale and military effectiveness.  We agreed.  And we were mad as hell when the "compromise" of DADT was enacted.  It was bad enough that women were allowed in, and now this.  Now we are at a point in history that this "pro-gay" change to the military has become discriminatory and "anti-gay".  Thank goodness we are progressing.  Just as the integration of women in the military was met with great resistance, it was accomplished.  Women in combat roles. Allowed.  Women fighter pilots. Done.  Do you think those marines calling for air support care if the person flying in to save their ass is a Woman? A homosexual? 
Integrating openly gay individuals into the military is no different.  There will have to be some changes made to "group showers" while in Boot camp.  There will probably have to be some "sensitivity training".  The first few will probably have a pretty hard time.  But it will get done and it will not cause the demise of our military.  All the logistics can be worked out.  It will not significantly reduce unit cohesiveness, combat readiness, recruiting or retention.  Those are the exact same arguments that were made against women in the military.  It didn't happen then.  It won't happen now.  You know what impact DADT had on me performing my duties? None. The whole thing is ridiculous to me now.  Imagine you were interviewing for a job and the interviewer asked you, "Are you attracted to blondes or brunettes?" and when you answered, "Brunettes." He or she said, "I'm sorry, we only hire people who are attracted to blondes."  Seems like a pretty dumb way to judge a potential candidate huh?   As long as we are excluding potential military members because of who they are attracted to, we are limiting the potential of our fighting forces.  By the way, 6 years in the military of DADT and not once did anyone "try anything".