Rauchian

Writer Jonathan Rauch on gays in the military and a few other topics: (Economist/Kottke)

There really is no excuse any longer for the law banning openly gay people from serving in the armed forces. He promised to change that and claims he'll get around to it. If he doesn't, gay people will never forgive him. This issue is not like gay marriage: no one ever said that heterosexuality is part of the definition of soldiering. That ban is just an embodiment of bigotry. It hurts national security, too. (The Obama Pentagon has already discharged at least one gay linguist. An Arabic linguist. Good grief.)