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As to Brian’s point…it’s not about fearing that the one gay man is attracted to you. It’s about the potential for sexual harassment. It’s a fact that living together in close quarters changes the nature of relationships, and the opportunity for problems increases.
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There are already rules against fraternization in the military.
I might agree with you if we were the first country in the world to integrate gays into the military.
But other countries have done so successfully. Israel, a conservative religious society, allows gays to serve openly.
We used to lead the world in social progress. We now lag.[/quote]
This was from the 1993 senate hearing on the topic. There is a paragraph that addresses the question of comparing the U.S. military policy to that of other countries. I think it is shallow, there is probably more to it from broader social engineering political warfare concerns …but it least it shows an actual influential person’s perspective. I doubt the “logic” has changed much.