We have been mocking Kerry on his military votes, and deriding his cloak of invisibility on the gay marriage question. Our breakthrough will occur when we nail down his position on married gays in the military.
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MORE: Oh, you know I'm kidding. Mostly. But I am intrigued by this:
Some naively assume that by abolishing the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, they'll end discrimination against gays in the military. The practical truth is that under certain conditions, particularly in combat, open homosexuality can create discomfort and threaten unit cohesiveness. Vietnam veteran Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) states that enforcing open acceptance would jeopardize morale: "I am not going to sit here and tell you that if you had six cracker-jack people who had all kinds of experience and one person said they were gay ? and the unit went crazy?that I'm going to junk all five of them. It's just not practical."
Kerry gave testimony supporting gays in the military back in 1993, and this may be part of it, although he makes a similar point in this interview.
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