ake, thankyou for the commpliment kind sir, (not being sarcastic.) also thanks for answering my questions i appreciate it.

it seems we are talking about two different issues here.
1) the normalisation of gays.
2)the right to marriage for gays.

the two are completely different to me.
the first is accepting someone for who they are and allowing them to love who they want.
if we do not ackowledge their feelings then we condem them to a life on the outside of society and i sm sure you will find there would be more deaths through suicide than new cases of HIV. there is alot of predjudice out there as it is, without people saying they should be shunned even further.

the second issue is a legal and political thing and it should not matter (as long as everyone involved is legal age and consenting) what happens in someones bed as to what rights they have.


i understand some of the reasons for joining the military, not all of them. if it is a family thing and thereis no outside pressure then i think it is a worthy cause. we should all support them and i for one feel better that we ahve one of the best military in the world. i applaud the courage it takes. without them we would be in serious trouble by now from world war II.
our countries are build on war from as far back as you can trace through history.
i know you would never beleive i am a peace lover.
anyway i digress.
it is a good thing you do not make the distinction between gay or staight in the barracks, does this mean you are in favour of changing the rules in the US military?

take care all

jade x x x