Obama Ends The Ban On Gays In The Military

[NicoleLJ]

1) I'm deeply disappointed, Nicole, the correct word is homophobia. You're losing points for politically correct discourse. Pay better attention to the memos next time.

2) Did you fail to not the "Thank God I'm retired"?

That's recently retired. I think I have a decent handle on the minds of soldiers.

If you want to nit pick words I can to. You sentence should be NOTE not NOT. So you were in the military. I was raised in it all over Canada. You failed to answer any of the questions I asked you in the previous post. If you don't want to answer or can't that is fine but they are fair questions. Here they are agian:

do you really think the US military personel are that full of bigotry? Because I have know tons of them and none of the ones I have ever met, lived on the base with(American soldiers did come to our bases at times for training coarses), and talked to never felt this way. They didn't care actually.

If Canada and many other countries have had no real issues or problems with this transition why in the world would you assume that the States will? I personally think there will be issues but they will be over come as they come up and are dealt with. I just don't think it is an impossible goal since others have already proven that it can be done.

I thought they were the land of the Free. The best place to live for the rights it gives it's people. Yet Canada in this area gives more freedom with little issue? This will give Gays the same rights as everyone else. Look at my post that shows the history of Gays in the military in Canada. I think it would be awsome if the States followed suite.

[Lady's Human]

do you really think the US military personel are that full of bigotry? Because I have know tons of them and none of the ones I have ever met, lived on the base with(American soldiers did come to our bases at times for training coarses), and talked to never felt this way. They didn't care actually.

Of course they did, and I'm also completely certain that that question was first and foremost in your mind when talking to foreign troops.

You have no idea about the amount of briefings US soldiers go through when going to a foreign country about proper contact with foreign nationals, what to say, what not to say, etc. I've been to Canadian bases for training a few times. You know how much contact we had and time to mingle with the locals we had? No contact except for the occasional chow trip or pogey bait run.We were out in the bush for all but three days out of the three weeks we were in CFB Gagetown, and that's the norm for US Army units training on foreign bases.

[Lady's Human]

As an aside, to be completely consistent, it's PRESIDENT Obama, or Pres. Obama, etc.

It's really grating when people don't use the proper address for someone, regardless of your opinion of the individual.