Hey there, sailor!
I'm not sure why this wouldn't be seen as a positive lesson for our armed forces. As this becomes more common, the old justifications of military bigotry will look even more ridiculous. Why shouldn't the leadership take some responsibility for making gay soldiers, airmen, sailors and marines more comfortable, rather than placing the responsibility on gays to make the homophobes they serve with more comfortable, thereby enabling increased hatred toward gays?
Five years after Britain lifted its ban on gays in the military, the Royal Navy has begun actively encouraging them to enlist and has pledged to make life easier when they do. The navy announced Monday that it had asked Stonewall, a group that lobbies for gay rights, to help it develop better strategies for recruiting and retaining gay men and lesbians. It said, too, that one strategy may be to advertise for recruits in gay magazines and newspapers.
