Admittedly, I'm not the best person to write an opinion piece of this issue. Reason being: I just can't grasp any of the opposing arguments prohibiting gay people to serve openly in the military. Logically, none of them make sense to me. There have been talks of repealing the law since Obama took office, but Congress still can't seem to pass any legislation striking down the rule once and for all. It's absolutely ludicrous that the Unites States government would place limitations and regulations on certain people based on sexual orientation serving in the military. It just doesn't make any sense that efforts of these men and women are good enough to protect the United States but the people that they choose as partners are not.

As is typical with most issues, there are three camps. One camp thinks that homosexuality is actually some kind of sin, and gays shouldn't be allowed anywhere period. I would argue that supporters of these points can extrapolated to include insurance companies and the like, who do not want to provide coverage for the spouses of working gays. Financially, they gain from this kind of bigotry and hate. Most visibly, are those of the Pat Robertson and KKK variety. I guess these people think that homosexuality will spread like the plague in the military and the United States will no longer be able to occupy countries indefinitely and police the globe. Realistically however, with the rate of privatization of formerly military tasks, the government will have less and less control over who is representing them in their wars abroad. Who knows, a band of made up of entirely Andy Dick-esque/Rambo hybrid soldiers could receive the next military contract from the United States Government. What then? We stop kidnapping people from their homes with no evidence and throwing them into black sites never to be seen from or heard from again? SCARY.

The next group of folks, are those that just don't care. "Don't ask, don't tell", "Don't Ask", "Don't Tell", "Never Tell", "Always Tell", they really have no investment in the issue. Maybe if you're having your home auctioned off, or had your insurance revoked for being pregnant, you fall into this category. These people may have gay friends, but these friends aren't trying to go the military anyways, so it's not on their radar. Unfortunately enough noise is not being made to make these people care one-way or the other. The mass media fits into this category when it doesn't fit into their news cycle.

Then there are the groups in support of the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell", of which I fall into. Notice in this article there are no concrete facts. I didn't list how many supposed gays are in the military or what percent of military are gays. I didn't even quote a heroic story of a homosexual on the front line who is defending your freedom right now as you sit comfortably reading this article. That's because this issue isn't one that just pertains to the military. While the military represents the most attackable form of sentiment, voters still seem to have some type of fear against gays. Proposition 8, and the refusal of New York for approve gay marriage are just a few of the many very real representations of this attitude. In addition to the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell", activists should also look to engage and educate the broader American public on this issue.