Pentagon Alters Homosexuality Guidelines-same as obesity-bed wetting-allergies

[kpete]

Pentagon Alters Homosexuality Guidelines

By LOLITA C. BALDOR
The Associated Press
Thursday, November 16, 2006; 5:50 PM

WASHINGTON -- Pentagon guidelines that classified homosexuality as a mental disorder now put it among a list of conditions or "circumstances" that range from bed-wetting to fear of flying.

The new rules are related to the military's retirement practices. The change does not affect the "don't ask, don't tell" policy that prohibits officials from inquiring about the sex lives of service members and requires discharges of those who openly acknowledge being gay.
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The guidelines outline retirement or other discharge policies for service members with physical disabilities. The rules include sections that describes other specific conditions, circumstances and defects that also could lead to retirement, but are not physical disabilities.

Among the conditions are stammering or stuttering, dyslexia, sleepwalking, motion sickness, obesity, insect venom allergies and homosexuality.

more at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/16/AR2006111601088.html

[Maven]

1. Ahhhh....sweet progress.

It's enough to make you stutter. :eyes:

[Kiouni]

4. and carry and epi-pen.

[William769]

2. At least I'm in good company.

[Kiouni]

3. our kids are going to look back at this

and other laws and just be dumbfounded, similar to when i hear that the sheriff in MO is entitled to 5 pigs a year or its illegal to sneeze in church.

The difference is that we know what is stupid now.

[cboy4]

5. LOL!

I'm gunna have to sign me up for sheriff it looks like.

You're point is very well taken! :thumbsup:

[cboy4]

6. It's all one big Saturday Night Live skit, isn't it, with the bed wetting

and the allergies and the fear of flying? :wtf:

I'm waiting for Steve Martin to come bursting out of my computer screen and tell me it's all too ridiculous to be real.

He would be correct.

[davidinalameda]

7. stammering and stuttering

:wtf:

I can understand the others, even being gay because of DADT, but stuttering?

why?

[readmoreoften]

8. Hey at least I don't suffer from a form of mental retardation in their eyes anymore.

Now that's progress! From special ed to bed wetter!