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Are Gays Safe In The Military?

            
             A US bomb used in Afghanistan had "Hijack this, fags" scrawled on it. American service personnel often write messages on bombs before they are used, but the Service members' Legal Defense Network has condemned this action as "insulting and inappropriate." "Messages like the one presented in this photograph only reinforce the ideas of hatred and division that our nation seeks to defend against," the SDLN commented. .
             Very often political institutions reflect the will of society and set the precedent for norms that will be expected of its members. The United States Military is still enforcing archaic policies, which threaten to harm the principles our nation was founded upon. The principles of freedom and equality are those that every American holds closest to their heart, that is unless you are in the military and are gay. The issue of gays in the military has developed into a case of whether our country should discriminate against a group merely because of involuntary sexual orientation. Two persistent principles are evident within this topic: that homosexuals are ever present throughout all branches of the military and a persistent hostility against this group is in American society and the military. In order to effectively examine this topic the following concepts will be discussed: an analysis of the current Department Of Defense policy concerning gays, solutions to reduce homophobia in the military, and a policy model concerning homosexuals in the military. .
             Prior to the arrival of the Clinton Administration with its agenda to radically revise military policy regarding the acceptance and treatment of homosexuals, Department of Defense policy was well established and clear. Legal questions began to be raised in civilian courts challenging the military exclusion and discharge policies in the 1960's and 1970's.


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