So we have no problem with them serving as long as they; do nothing to threaten or offend our cultural/religious bias...but don't anyone dare do or say anything that might infringe on our right to tell those different from us how to live their life.
No one is telling them how to "live their life". You're confusing "bias" with preference. I don't kiss and fondle my wife in public. It's not for lack of want, but rather respect for others. Sure I have the "right" to do it, but I choose not to exercise it. It's no different with gays in the military, or anywhere else. They have the ability to do their jobs well. How is shoving their sexual preference in everyone's face going to make them any better at it? It won't, pure and simple. All it is going to do is cause added tension and issues the military doesn't need. They can be gay, the same as I can be "Straight". They can be in the military, same as anyone else. They can practice whatever sexual "situation" turns them on, just like any other straight couple. They can also keep quiet about it, the same as I do about my marriage and sexual preferences and or actions. I'm not seeing how this is infringing on anyone's "rights". It is simply common sense and respect for others. P.C. is pushing it everywhere else it does not need to go. The comparison you make to the half naked teens at the mall, or the fat woman falls into the same category as the gays. They are being insensitive to others by trying to push their cause, and what they want. Again, nothing more than hooray for me, and screw you. I don't go around bragging I'm married, or what my sexual preferences are with my wife, why do they feel they have to, and then have the audacity to feel threatened if someone doesn't want to hear it? It's almost downright silly.
The switch to women in the workplace is equally interesting; yep they have been there forever. Sexual abuse, intimidation and inequity has been around forever too. This behavior was long overdue to be addressed, the problems that you are complaining about are not the result of the working woman, her place in the workforce or the fact that she has every right to fair and respectful treatment.
Again, no one is saying, or even remotely suggesting women, or anyone else for that matter should have to face abuse or bullying in the workplace. The problem now is the entire concept of preventing this sort of behaviour has gone to the point of the mere accusation of it can destroy a innocent persons ability to earn a living, or ruin a perfectly good career. I've seen it, so please don't tell me it isn't happening. Employers have become so fearful of being sued they'll cut lose anyone who is even remotely charged with any such action. Again, I've seen it, and yes, again it's all of this P.C. nonsense that is the driving force behind it. Political correctness is making people blind and stupid in this country. It allows them to act without any common sense thinking or thought process. I offer up "Zero Tolerance" as the ultimate politically correct cop out they all fall on.
What I find so amazing are all of these companies who are so quick on the trigger to adapt the "Zero Tolerance" cop out to sexual harassment, in no way, shape, or form accurately define it. You tell a woman at work you think she looks really nice in an outfit she's wearing, she takes it the wrong way, marches into the owners office and complains, "Bill T. is making suggestive remarks about my clothing, and I want it STOPPED!" My paycheck just went to zero because this woman got up on the wrong side of bed, or else hated me to begin with for whatever reason. Again, I've seen it happen, and it is out of control. And please don't try and tell me it isn't because of political correctness. The more P.C. this nation becomes, the worse all of this gets. Bill T.
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