Ousted as Gay, Aging Veterans Are Battling Again for Honorable Discharges

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2. I enlisted in '97. I can think of 4 Marines from my Company who were gay

One got kicked out. I bring this up because that was what was so ****ing unfair about the whole thing. Everybody knew that X, Y, and Z were gay. Nobody really cared (maybe some of the holy rollers, but the Corps usually finds a way to shuffle them away from serious units). The problem was, that A, B, and C are straight, while X, Y, and Z are gay, and B and Y commit the same offense that pisses off the command. B gets a reduction in rank and some sort of community service; Y gets an other-than-honorable discharge under DADT.

I was not a member of the military when there was an active witch-hunt against gay servicemembers. I was a member when universally-acknowledged homosexuality was used as a transparent excuse to get rid of people. I'm not sure that's better.