In response to Gordon Pearigen’s Oct. 25 letter stating that allowing homosexuals to serve in the military openly would give them an unfair advantage over heterosexuals: He states, “Letting gays and lesbians serve openly means they can have their loved ones serve alongside them.”
Naively, Mr. Pearigen is assuming is that being gay is magnetic and that should two gay people serve in the same unit, they will automatically be drawn to one another. Yet heterosexuals have served side by side in coed units for years.
Even if a gay couple enlisted together, they are at an extreme disadvantage in the military. Married couples are allowed to go base to base with one another, whereas gay couples are not. On deployments, the military splits up married couples and units, making your point about serving side by side moot.
Being gay has no direct bearing on one’s desire to serve. With or without the law, gays and lesbians are currently proudly serving in our military and serving for other country’s.
Unfortunately, our country forces our gays and lesbians to hide and has forced many honorable and outstanding soldiers out of service.
Ginny Taylor
Fresno
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