US Army in Catch 22 on Gays Issue

Many of those who wish to fight for our country comemany others are not joining or signing up for this
from families with strong ideals of freedom. Most ofreason.If the military changes its policy and says it is
them are strong Christians in fact. There in lies the realokay for gays to openly be gay in the military then
problem with the US Army recruiting. To be allowed tomore of the campuses will open their doors to the
come on campus to recruit at many colleges they aremilitary, however if they do that they may alienate their
asked to be careful around the issue of Gays in thehard core target profile of those who believe in our
military. Yet to recruit a Christian Soldier this is a littlecountry enough to serve it. Yet when discussing this
tough, for if you allow gays in the military this goesissue with a Professor he went into an anti-Bush tirade
against their belief system and if they areas he was what the call in California a Westside
heterosexual, they want nothing to do with being in theLiberal. He said if they come on campus for any
same shower with someone who might be gay, butreason he will personally protest and hold rallies against
will not tell?But, if the military does not go easy on thethe military.I thought this was interesting as if the military
gay issue of military service then they will not beback tracts on its gay policy, the Colleges and
allowed on campus to recruit. Meanwhile the ultraUniversities will only pick another issue and hit the
liberal professors are brain washing the kids the otherstreets hard with mega phone in hand. If they military
direction stating that war is evil, Bush is evil and thisdoes not change the policy they will not be allowed on
war is dishonorable to our nation. This makes it difficultcampus to recruit. So either way they are damned if
to recruit. I asked an Army soldier who was in thethey do and damned if they do not. If the military
military if the gays in the military bothered him. He saidchanges its policy then there are issues with the
at first it did and he almost did not join. But he wantedstraight shooter heterosexuals signing up for fear of
to serve his country. Now that he is in, it still bothersbeing called gay or simply homophobic while in the
him he said but only a little. In other words he almostshowers and close proximity of other soldiers.
did not join because of the gays in the military. How