[Matman]

Just wondering.

I actually looked up the 14th Amendment, and read it word for word. I see how it can be interpreted as gay marriage being "protected", BUT, I'm not an expert when it comes to the Constitution, so I'm not going to jump in any further.

The fact is, I'm not for or against gay marriage. I really don't care. When it comes to DADT, I really don't care either. I will tell you this though, even if DADT is repealed, and gays are aloud in the military, I guarantee MOST of them will keep it to themselves. There's plenty of them in, I even know a few of them myself, but they just won't go about letting everyone know. That's just how it is. Repealing DADT isn't just an equal rights issue, it affects everything. Housing, benefits, morale, all that. I can tell you this, the main reason the top military brass don't want DADT repealed is because they think it will affect morale. It may or may not, we'll see.

It won't bother me...unless gay troops think they're "owed" something or think they deserve more than the rest of the force.

I agree. I worry more about how it will effect the mission. Will they be required to stay in the feild with their counter parts. Most do now. But will they be able to opt out of feild training and combat missions due to sexuality? We live together we shower together we do things most could not imagine together. That is why there are not women in my unit. Its a combat unit. As for DADT I am all for it. I am all for gay rights. However I don't want to ask you about your sex life and I don't want you to tell me about your sex life. That applies to gay, straight or other. Its not appropriate. I have been in the Army for 10 years and have never seen anyone put out of the military for DADT. I have seen some try to get out of deployments and use DADT which didn't work.