So. Just a week and a half ago, the United States Navy decided with NARY A PEEP (Except from the wives of sailors) to allow women to man submarines. Congress had from February to April 30 to raise any objections, and of course: None were raised. It's going to be a moderate integration process at first, but they intend on expanding it.
http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=53184
The Navy website actually somewhat portrays this as positive. And it is! One less barrier gone from the road to equality.
But for a different group of people looking for personnel changes? Yeah. Defense Secretary Robert Gates asked Congress not to go ahead with the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy until they've completed a yearlong study, and have just recently opened an inbox for anonymous input.
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=59042
Judging by most of the comments just on the news article, I'm guessing the inbox is already overflowing with a staggering amount of vapid, disgusting hate.
Do people genuinely believe there are no homosexuals at all in the military right now? This fear that DADT is a security blanket, protecting them from the eyes, ears and lives of their fellow secret gay soldiers and that if it goes so does their protection. It has to be a charade.