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14 years ago
I know I'm about 2 weeks behind the curve on bringing this up but missions (and a lack of reliable comm in this particular part of the AOR) comes first.
Anyway.
September 20th came and went...and the military kept on functioning as it always does. Aside from an already obviously gay NCO bragging openly in the DFAC about her sexual preference that day, no significant changes seem to have taken place.
More to the point...in a conversation held with a SSgt in my shop that day, the point was further driven home that while now homosexuals can't be kicked out based on that fact alone, nothing has changed. It's not like there aren't any gays in the military and now suddenly we'll see an influx.
The point of showers was brought up and the counter-point was made that chances are, a gay man has already looked at your ass in the gang shower. And you're still here and nothing terrible happened. So why suddenly worry about it now?
Now...obviously this is still a touchy issue. Lets be honest...some will always be dead-set against it. Same with women in combat rolls, allowing women to serve at all, allowing blacks to serve, etc. All of these things have been challenged, broken down, and implemented without much detriment.
so...has this changed anyone's career thus far? Granted it's still in its infantile stages...but did anyone see an immediate impact? Anyone take action to let those they work with know? Anyone holding out for Same-Sex Couple benefits one day?
Just throwing it out there since it seems relevant again until the shine wears off of this new policy...
~The Management
Anyway.
September 20th came and went...and the military kept on functioning as it always does. Aside from an already obviously gay NCO bragging openly in the DFAC about her sexual preference that day, no significant changes seem to have taken place.
More to the point...in a conversation held with a SSgt in my shop that day, the point was further driven home that while now homosexuals can't be kicked out based on that fact alone, nothing has changed. It's not like there aren't any gays in the military and now suddenly we'll see an influx.
The point of showers was brought up and the counter-point was made that chances are, a gay man has already looked at your ass in the gang shower. And you're still here and nothing terrible happened. So why suddenly worry about it now?
Now...obviously this is still a touchy issue. Lets be honest...some will always be dead-set against it. Same with women in combat rolls, allowing women to serve at all, allowing blacks to serve, etc. All of these things have been challenged, broken down, and implemented without much detriment.
so...has this changed anyone's career thus far? Granted it's still in its infantile stages...but did anyone see an immediate impact? Anyone take action to let those they work with know? Anyone holding out for Same-Sex Couple benefits one day?
Just throwing it out there since it seems relevant again until the shine wears off of this new policy...
~The Management
One thing I'm shocked about is how many people are gay who have come out. There's a huge amount. More then I ever would have imagined.
Carry on my brothers and sisters!
I have worked alongside racists.
I worked for a guy who marked down my EPR (a box, not a number grade) because I didn't participate in his church's community support activities.
I was on a squadron activities committee run by the commander's wife, who oriented our activities around her religion--and got kicked off said committee for saying that her religion was an imposition on morale.
I have worked alongside pedophiles.
I sat in a conference room at Pope AFB in 1996 and listened to a unit commander say, "I have a troop I think is a homosexual and I want him out! How do we get around the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy?" To which the ranking officer in the room replied, "We're working on that."
I have watched a room full of SMS and CMSgts discuss how to set their Airmen up to get screwed: "Just tell them enough so that they'll form their own false impressions. It's their own damned fault what they conclude."
Personally, the LAST thing I'm concerned about is who's ridin' the baloney pony on their off time.