yuvgotmel
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Did you read the poll that prompted this thread? It's linked to in the OP. The public is ready for this and see this thread where I've provided an article and poll that says 73 percent of military members aren't bothered by lesbians and gays.
When pressed into the cramped living conditions of various parts of the military living/working environments, it is more evident how grossly erred that poll is. It is most likely that those stats were taken from civilians or other persons, who in normal comfortable situations, could easily sit back, relax in their cozy homes/offices without having the pressure of daily confrontation (of homosexuality).
I cannot be plainer when I say that my sympathies do extend to homosexuals. However, when persons are thrown into close and stressful living conditions, often psychologically-sound attitudes/behaviors are substituted with erratic tendencies, playing on psychological and emotional fears and other characteristics of a competitive nature.
The intimacy and close living conditions of the military are often not comprehended (by even the service members) until the ship is out to sea for a few weeks, or the troops have been in the field for a few weeks. That is often the time when life in the military takes a turn for the worse.