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While skimming Hardball on MSNBC last night this segment on Don’t Ask Don’t Tell really got under my skin. A representative from the Family Research Council not only made a shallow case in favor of DADT, but went far further advocating legal punitive penalties for gay behavior.

Why do we as a society tolerate this form of blatant, public bigotry? In the course of making his “argument” concerning DADT this rep infused the conversation with the assertion that gay members of the military are ravenous dogs. The minute Don’t Ask would be repealed men and women, proudly serving our country in silence, would be transformed into roving sexual predators, the enemy within.

There is absolutely no place for this hateful drivel in public discourse.  Make an argument concerning this policy from a basis of cost, or logistical challenges, something grounded in an iota of truth. Cite as an example, if you must, a similar challenge the Navy is facing in integrating women into the submarine service.

A repeal of Don’t Ask will be hard, no leader and decision maker rationally believes otherwise. It will create challenges, training, logistical and cultural for the United States Military. It will be hard in the same vein as the racial integration of the Armed Forces was in 1947. It is the right thing to do and it is in the best interest of the United State of America.

Do not ground your arguments in bigoted hate cloaked in a banner of false polling and fear-mongering. There is no place for this in the United States of the 21st Century.

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