The Changing Nature of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.”

Prior to the presidency of Bill Clinton sodomy was a crime under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), rightly described as conduct unbecoming of any member of the armed services, and punishable by dishonorable discharge.

When “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” was passed in 1993, it was hailed by liberals and homosexuals as an end to discrimination against gays. However, there were restrictions: gay soldiers were not allowed to serve openly. Conservatives knew then that the policy was only just a first step toward the decriminalization of homosexual activity under the UCMJ, a classic example of the incremental approach toward the furthering of the liberal agenda, and that eventually, if liberals continued to have their way, all restrictions against gays serving in the military would be eliminated.

“Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” will no longer apply to gays, but will by default apply to all those who disagree with gays serving in the military. For those service men and women with properly formed consciences, vocalizing any opinion against gays serving in the military will mean the effective end of their careers.

When women were allowed to begin serving in combat units and aboard naval surface combatants the military spent a lot of time and money indoctrinating soldiers, sailors and marines all about the evils of sexual harassment, which resulted in many false accusations and unfair treatment of active duty personnel. I know because I witnessed such treatment first hand. The same treatment undoubtedly awaits straight service men and women who would vocalize opposition to gays serving in the military. They are the ones who will be discriminated against. Promotions will not be granted to those who don’t go along with the policy.

Mark my words: The military is going to shrink over the next decade or two due to lack of recruitment at a time that we can ill afford it. How many officers and key military leaders will resign remains to be seen, but there is going to be a huge leadership vacuum that will be filled only by those who are willing to lower their own moral standards – in other words, those who are unfit to lead. With so many global threats, present and future, this was the worst time to engage in this silly social engineering within our military. Barack Obama and his administration pushed this legislation to score cheap political points among gays because he’s concerned about losing their votes in 2012. Small wonder that he waited for the lame duck session to push this through, knowing that a conservative House majority would have put a stop to it. There are Republicans to blame too; Olympia Snow and Scott Brown among them.

In ten or twenty years I hope people will remember that the repeal of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” was the effective end of our all voluntary military. By allowing gays to serve openly the recruitment of those with moral stands will fall drastically, and without the draft we will lack the manpower to defend this nation and its interests. Until then I guess those who remain can have a gay ol’ time.