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Those who dismiss this argument as simply homophobic are not taking into account either the lack of privacy on a submarine, surface ship or combat unit or the extended periods of time in which the same people must live and work together...
...could result both from this lack of privacy and another factor: romantic relationships between personnel in the same unit. The military does all it can to keep an often tense working environment free from other strains. This concern is one of the reasons that women are not allowed on combat ships and submarines...
Allowing openly gay men to serve in these areas of the military would make maintaining solely professional relationships more difficult. Since there are gays currently in the military, there are already inter-personnel relationships on board all-male ships and within combat units. Allowing openly gay men in could only increased the number. The added amount of tension this would cause would be another worry and burden for officers and senior enlisted personnel who already must act as guidance counselors for their...
Though the debate over gays in the military has been compared frequently to that over the integration of Blacks, the more relevant comparison is the still continuing debate over women in the military. Currently, women are not allowed on combat ships, submarines or in combat units...
...gays should be lifted immediately, but there are areas of military service that should be kept off limits to open homosexuals, at least temporarily. At the same time, however, certain ships, submarines and combat units should be selected as trial units in which open gays are allowed; the same should be done for women...