Pretty much everyone in the forum is in college or has been through college and [dealt] with the whole gay/lesbian thing at one time or another or lived with or in close proximity to someone who is in fact gay, that is the world we live in today.
Don't forget that many people here went to an Academy or a military college, and 'openly' gay people are few and far between, if there were any at all. I can tell you that no one was openly gay at my school and it was not discussed, unless it was in jest.
Gays have the same opportunities in this world as everyone else, they are allowed to wed one and other at the present time and they are allow to live how they would like. What they choose to do with those rights is their own business. And gays can do job x/y/z just like everyone else.
Not so much, they can only wed/have civil unions in a handful of states and they cannot recieve federal benefits when they do.
Good point.
Living on a ship for long periods of time with someone who runs around in assless chaps will cause problems. And how long before the FOD walk on a carrier deck turns into a gay pride parade?
Seriously?! When we let women on ships did we all start wearing purple panties with pink hearts and curlers? And where are the pillow fights?