Obama aide: Ending "don't ask, don't tell" must wait

Description of don't ask, don't tell: In the simplest form, don't ask, don't tell is a policy that gives all people the chance to become a member of the United States Military, regardless of their sexual orientation, thus meaning that gays and lesbians can be part of the military so long as they don't "tell" that they are homosexual. The stir is being caused because homosexual people are upset that they are not allowed to be in the military and show displays of affection such as: (holding hands, kissing, etc.) whereas; heterosexual people in the military are allowed to do that with no such disciplinary action.

Outline of article: Within the bounds of the article the author shares his thoughts about the issue, based on his writing style I inferred that he wants the policy to be changed so that people are allowed to be openly homosexual and be able to enlist in the military. The man that wrote the article did also, include the poll on iReport.com: 'Gays in the military? No thanks' and how only 17% said No thanks, they would not like to serve in the military with an openly homosexual person.

How do I feel about this article: I do not like the thought of excluding people from the military based on their sexual orientation, I believe that as long as they are willing and able to perform the demands that are set fourth for them in the military, they should be able to. However I do not see anything wrong with the don't ask, don't tell policy... it is simple. I don't ask you if you are homosexual, you don't tell me you are. But there is also a flaw with this policy, if, in fact we are free to choose then why are we being punished for choosing someone of the same gender, I think that if we are going to be flat out honest about the issue it all goes back on the shoulders of our older generations where only WHITE, HETEROSEXUAL MALES were allowed to be in the military. Times have changed and if we can allow women and blacks then why not homosexual people, there is a double standard that is very unfair to our dedicated Americans that ONLY want to serve our country. As one soldier had said "It's not like if we have gays in our military they are going to come after us for sex, and expect us to just give in, the military is not a sex cult." I think that he nailed it by saying that, it takes a lot of courage for people to stand up for what they believe in especially when they know that they will be criticized for everything that they say and do.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/14/obama.gays.military/