On July 4, 1776 the “founding fathers” of the United States created the Declaration of Independence and began making a nation based on the freedom of it’s citizens. On March 11, 1778 (less than 2 years after the Declaration of Independence was written) the first man was discharged from the military based on a conflict involving his sexuality. From that time forward soldiers continued to get discharged for their sexual preferences.

In 1994 President Clinton, Congress, and the Pentagon agreed to put a law into effect that would prohibit officers from asking servic

For our military to be successful we need to use all the resources available to us regardless of homosexuality. In a speech given by President Clinton, he expressed his strong belief that the military, like our society, needs the talent of every person who wants to make a contribution. However, thousands of military members have been denied the right to serve their country because they are gay. That is ridiculous. The military needs to stop discriminating based on sexual orientation. We can not let homophobia and stereotypes about gays and lesbians influence our national security.

Some people think that homosexuals in the military pose a security risk, but only 6 of 117 reported espionage cases between the years 1945 and 1991 involved homosexuals. Research shows that in the foreign countries that do allow open homosexuals to serve, the

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