Posted by
flagwaver on Friday, March 05, 2010 9:44:30 PM
Since President Obama suddenly made repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" one of his big domestic priorities, much has been said in defense of and in opposition to the policy. I am not going to cover that so much here as I want to explore a deeper question that has often niggled at me when hearing homosexuals and other "alternative lifestyle" livers describe themselves. That question is "What makes you who you are?"
The reason that this question was brought back to my thoughts again was in hearing Sen. Joe Lieberman basically state that his decision to introduce legislation aimed at repealing "DADT" was that the policy forced homosexual service members to "deny who they are". This was applauded by some corners of our society and echoed approvingly in the legacy media, but it just made me as my question. Because I cannot see how being asked to keep your private life private in any way forces a person to deny themselves and their true identities.
You see, I fail to understand why homosexuals are wont to define themselves almost strictly on the basis of whom, and the manner in which, they have sexual relations. The homosexual pressure groups do this all the time, and make the absurd claim that their sexuality is who they are...then claim to be offended when someone else asks them why they self identify in such a manner. For me, a person is so much more than their sexual preferences or proclivities and it makes no sense to me to so narrowly define anyone in that manner.
I have had friends, coworkers, and family members who are homosexual, yet they never were defined simply by their sexuality. Yes, it was a part of who they are/were, but not the most important part. I have a cousin named Dennis who is gay, but that isn't who he is. Who he is is an honest man, a man who has a great love for his family and friends, and a man who has always been there for me and my family whenever we needed him. He is a lot of things, including gay, but his sexual practices rank very low on the list of ways he is identified.
It seems to me that if a person who is gay wants to serve in the military, then this system would be damned near perfect. It allows people to serve for as long as they want, so long as they manage to keep their private lives private...which is what most people do anyway. As we say in my neck of the woods "Keep your business out of the streets", and no one has to worry about a thing.
Maybe one day the gay lobby will decide that they really want to be just like everyone else and will refrain from labeling themselves based not on who they truly are, but by whom they choose to sleep with. Because they are no more defined by society by their sexual practices than any heterosexual is; they choose to be identified as homosexual because they wish to be, not because it has been forced upon them. Wouldn't it be nice if they simply chose to be known for who they are, and not how they have sex?