Equal Rights and "Don't Ask Don't Tell" Policy

In reference to “Your Right to be Gay” there is no question or contest, one does have the right to be gay. The “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy stems from article 125. These articles have a few different elements in which it represents. These elements include unnatural carnal copulation with another person or animal. The term unnatural relates to determined by nature. I remain baffled by this meaning. All humans are conceived the same the same way, sperm meets the egg. So if we are speaking in terms of nature, we are all the same. Now if we are to talk about nurture and whether that plays a role in one’s sexual preference that is a whole different ball game.

                Integration throughout history has indeed made everyone uncomfortable in some way, shape or form. And no matter what people say or do, there will always be those that feel discriminated against. The question I ask is “if everyone is suppose to be treated equal, why is there still sovereign nations or reservations?” Our government provided the Native Americans with designated land in which they signed treaties.

                “Treaties are defined simply as contracts between nations. Until the United States unilaterally decided in 1871 to stop making treaties with Native Americans, these contracts were how the United States negotiated its relations with Indian tribes. The treaties secured Native lands for American expansion in return for promises of goods and services and established the rules that would govern the ongoing relationship between whites and Indians—although these rules were often violated by the government, its citizens, and, less frequently, the Indians.”

Was this not an attempt to segregate in the same sense? But we still have reservations and they have their own government in place.

In all actuality, everyone wants to have the same rights as one another. In military speaking, we should not have to hide who we are, or who we want to be with. The government foresees that we all have equal rights, so why do the military guidelines need to be different?