Reply #10: They don't bring it up in ranks [View All]

[NavyDem]

because it is illegal to do so. That is the crux of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell". A member of the service can be as gay as they want as long as they do not tell, and as long as the military doesn't ask them directly at time of enlistment, nor can they go on any directed "Gay Hunts".

The down side is that if someone who is gay were to get caught in a compromising position, their career would be over.

I personally don't care about the what my sailors do with their personal lives, so long as it doesn't put others lives in jeopardy.