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Active-Duty Gays Say Coming Out Has Been Nonevent
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If truly a non-event. that speaks volumes about the maturity of those brave men and women who risk it all to defend the better parts of our nation and its character.
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#2 - Tue Oct 18, 2011 4:47 PM EDTI think the civilian populace made more of a deal about the whole thing then the military members did. I was in the service not too long ago, and I really didnt care who was gay, as long as they shot straight.
I served in the 10th Mountain Division out of Ft. Drum, NY. There was prejudice, usually based on ignorance and how people were raised. The funny thing is that the more people got to know, work, and be dependent on each other for team success and survival, all the ignorance soon gave way to teamwork, and mutual respect.
Nothing like trying to stay alive, and accomplishing complex tasks in situations where it is not all that easy to do both to make people learn to get along.
In civilian life, we need more teamwork, more contact. Once we get to know open another, we find out we really do have a lot more in common than separates us. We also learn is it easier to get what you want out of life by respecting differences, and building coalitions where interests intertwine.
Good seed. thanks for sharing it.
Peace and Blessings. Enoch.
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