I did read the first...7 pages but decided to skip a head.
I'm unsure if it was already said but ending DADT doesn't mean a bunch of queers are going to come waving rainbow flags or attaching a bunch of rainbows or *insert gay symbol* to their uniforms.
DADT or not, there will be gay/lesbians serving.
USA is losing a lot of great soldiers/officers due to the policy. The gays going into the military know about DADT, they're not stupid. I doubt the Don't Ask portion of that is being upheld, if so there wouldn't have been so many people being kicked out for even being suspected to be gay. Not all straight men are butch, not all straight women are feminine...but they can be targeted because of the policy.
What would the difference be? Gay/lesbians in the military don't have to hide in their civilian life. If every member of the military is as professional as they are supposed to be...there should be no issues. What they do in their private life is their business is it not?
But but....the gays will swarm me in the showers and I'll have no where to go! You know what...I'm sure there will be some guys to check out other guys, but that doesn't mean you're going to get butt raped, or even anything said to you. When someone tells you they're gay or mentions anything towards them being gay, it doesn't mean they want you.
Just because one straight guy in the army goes and takes advantage of a woman in the army, it doesn't mean all straight men intend to do that same now does it? Just as if a gay guy took advantage of another male in the army...is it tolerable? No, he should be dealt with and discharged, that's not a way to uphold the military. But should every other gay guy get tossed because of a couple of morons?