@thesephman DADT doesn't keep homosexuals out of the military, but it forces them to live in secrecy. THAT'S hard. Other marine is uncomfortable? Tough.
@thesephman Marines gonna feel weird? What are they some pussies? We are talking about real men serving for the country, praying to come back home soon. And every each of them outs same effort and is equally good. What is so special about straight marines then? Unless they were ladies well ok...I would then be more tolerant of feeling smth weirder, but come on are you joking?
@thesephman Gays served all the time and they respect their marines, they would never hit on anyone. Straight marines release their tension by speaking up with others, why should gays not be allowed of that. What's with the double standard, is it because you think gays are just stronger men??? They are like any other men, they worry, they need to feel accepted and relaxation times. They can't be relaxed and serve as good if they feel strangled. It all does good for the whole military.
It like there taking every rights away they can get there hands on towards the gays... I thought this was America... The land of freedom and rights I guess America is just one big lie....
A woman loves weiner. A man loves a woman who loves weiner, we fight amongst ourselves but it all evens out. When you throw a man who loves weiner into the mix, the natural equation gets fucked up because the input is fucked up. If you want to put your penis in another man's rectum, then so be it. But don't put the 99% of straight servicemen/women at risk because you want your fucking "right." i am a marine corps grunt, and my sister is a combat camera in afghanistan. And although we think it's
When I was in the Corps we ran queers out if we found out about them. It was never tolerated. You knew the rules - no queers. If you lied and we found you out your queer ass was lucky to not get a beat down. Sick and tired of political correctness.This shit is a disgrace.
My name is James Stutts...and I served with SSgt. Alva from 1996-1998 with HMH-769. I received my honorable discharge from The Corps in 1999. While serving with SSgt. Alva we all knew that he was a gay man. It simply wasn't talked about. We could have cared less. He did his job and was a good Marine. That was all that we cared about, and that's all that mattered. I don't claim to understand what it's like to be hiding your sexuality in the service, but I can claim to know that we didn't care.
All of you trying to get this abolished are fucking idiots! It was put in effect to let gays serve in the armed forces just not openly so no one would freak out but you guys are fucking retarded who want this abolished because it's gonna have negative effects when they serve openly. Other straight men may not wanna get to close when they know this other man is gay and the Instructors at bootcamp will for sure make a few men fail because they are gay. I'm not saying it's right but it's
@BoyishlyCuteBritYank i know many straight Marines who have died for our felloow sister and brothers! ok?! just becuz a straight guy or gay guy die for one of us doesnt mean dat evrything they bellieve or do is right... i am greatful for ppl in general doing unselfish things like dat.. gay or straight but still dont support dat being gay is ok.. im not agaijnst gays just the act of being gay... and i am a christain saying dat.. so dont get condused.. im not judging..
@MyIsamar Yes, Yes you ARE judging. Christian or not, you are telling gay people that they not okay. When you say "being gay" it is the exact same as saying "gay people." You are saying that they are not okay. It like telling a Christian I don't dislike you. I just hate people who believe in God.
@TMBrd89 No he simply stated his opinion and you fucking judge him for it. I'm currently in the DEP waiting to go to Parris Island for boot. and I believe in God. I hate ppl who talk shit and don't have the balls to serve their country. No one cares what your opinion is you piece of shit.
@southernranger1 Oh I am sorry, I didn't know that only dogs of the military could have opinions. I am glad that you are serving. I thought that the medical profession would be a better use of my time and intelligence. I am an atheist, I support your right to believe in God, congratulations. I was only commenting on Mylsamar's hypocrisy or being "cool" with gays, just not what defines them. You know like hating a fish for swimming. So I have to ask, why did you bother commenting?
This is one brave man. Props to him! Man, the level of ignorance some of you are showing on this thread is staggering. I really don't give a crap who's screwing who in the military. What the hell does that have to do with someone's credibility to willingly fight for their country?
Homosexual Marty and Barney could hardly keep to themselves during this. Barney is a pro pocketpool player however so he made do.
When will America EVER find the ability to be ashamed of itself when it makes these perverted choices?
Okay, let them serve "openly," with one stipulation.
They MUST all be in one "proud" n "pink" platoon. Each year, we'll find some country to attack and send in our pink platoon - FIRST, ON FOOT, dressed in their preferred openly serving colors. Pink no doubt.
@BoyishlyCuteBritYank Don't believe this fagot troll. He IS NOT WAS NOT a MARINE. He spends his days caring for his fetishes (watching women smoke?) He's a typical EURO(probably Muslim) AMERICAN HATING queer who trolls for videos to chime in his discontent for America and its values. His true story from his own words is, he HATES ISRAEL, HE HATES AMERICA, HE probably hates himself, and for sure, will do everything he can to make sure we have men in pink panties dancing around in our military.
The don't ask don't tell policy does not ban gays from serving in the military they just can't be openly gay. If not telling your fellow soldiers your sexual preferences gets in the way of you serving your country then you should think twice about joining the military. I'm still thankful for the service he did for this country but I do disagree with him.
You have to be kidding me?! I have never heard of a single straight man beat up by a large group of gay men...you're argument is completely flawed because it doesn't happen. And I made it through boot camp just fine.
I don't dispute the fact that your uniforms are sharp; I must admit, gays generally are well-dressed, but with the appropriate feminine touches, like the darling, dainty white gloves.
lol hey we have some nice gloves you cant deny it. but before you start baggin about how we Marines are feminine.. why dont you go and actually HOLD a place like Fallujah?
Try Vietnam, our war. Our fellow Americans hated us, and some even waved enemy flags on the streets. As far as Marines being effeminate, I guess this video answers that. And, yes, there are those darling, dainty white gloves...
I'm not asking anything; I'm saying that machismo is often a front to cover up feminine tendencies in a male - and we all know how much the Marines stress machismo. Legally, you are entitled to your pillowbiting ways; being the Army veteran I am, I'll stick with the ladies, if you don't mind.
Actually, legally I am not entitled to my pillowbiting ways because don't ask don't tell prohibits homosexual conduct, but not actually being homosexual. and where did I say that I was the pillowbiter. Anyway, I'm active army, good to know that I have you're support.
It doesn't matter if your gay or not in the military. Heck some people IN the army turn gay. And you cant really blabber on about this negatively until you've actually been there.
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if homosexuals in the military can live and shower with the gender they are sexually attracted to, why can't hetero men and women live and shower with each other?
maybe you should serve...as any number of things such as a target for rifle practice, a crash test dummy, a taste tester for pesticides. In other words, go fuck yourself. Make you don't like fags because you can't accept that you are one....
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Who would have guessed it would have been a gay who was the first one wounded. That enough reason right there KEEP THE FAGS OUT and it should be everywhere in all 50 states
@eviltreemonster YOU know NOTHING about law, especially this one.
This does nothing that prevents a homosexual from serving. IT ONLY PREVENTS THEM FROM MAKING ASSES OF OUR MILITARY BY OPENLY EXPRESSING THEIR SICK BEHAVIORS. Which could be anything from cross dressing and diaper wearing, to pink hats and thumbing their perverted noses at military codes of conduct.
The FACT IS, MOST WHO were EVICTED by DADT were because WAR CAME ALONG, and they made sure, everyone knew they were homo to get out!
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I think gays should be allowed to be open about their orientation but I don't wanna see my fellow sister having bisexual or lesbian sex near me. There should be limits and rules. That's why I support don't ask don't tell.
I think American is behind when it comes to gays in the Military. Israel and England both have gays serving openly in the Military. It has been shown that the homophobic people tend to be people who choose not to responed to their own feeling and get anger at people who do. As the song goes "You've got to be taught to be afraid, of people whose eyes are oddly made and people whose skin is a different shade, you've got to be carefully taught." Rodgers & Hammerstein, 1949. It seems to fit today.
I do like America. I am British but I cannot believe that the "land of the free" cannot tolerate an openly gay marine who is prepared to die for his country. America can be very hypocritical.
BIRDTROOPER "credibility" of a gay military? Have you heard of Alexander THE GREAT?Peter THE GREAT? Both of these men were SUPERIOR military leaders AND gay. You may find it helpful to learn a little more about history before you make comments. I am pretty sure that when Alexanders troops(undefeated)were coming, people didn't think "Oh, this should be easy...he's gay".
Dallouez, I'm a supporter of the don't ask don't tell policy, but if you wanna slam someone don't be a dumbass.
The don't ask don't tell policy means that you're allowed to be gay as long as you don't tell anyone, and it's sad as all hell that you can't figure that out on your own.
Alva did not break any laws, and he's not breaking any laws now considering he's already been discharged.
I'll say it again, America is the weirdest country on earth. I can't believe the amount of hysteria surrounding sexual preference in a FREE FUCKING COUNTRY!!!
It's the freest nation you'll probably ever live in. I don't agree with DADT, DOMA, or a number of the political freedoms republicans wish to censor, as well as the economic freedoms liberals wish to stifle, but this country has the marginal utility of both
Gays have patriotism just as much, if not more than other people. As a former servicemember serving 12 years of service in the Navy, my goal, was the same as straights, to Support and Uphold the Constitution of the United States.
Yes, it does. It's a shame that this is the 21st century and people still view us only in a sexual context. It's who we love that matters - exactly as it is with heterosexuals, but we are always subject to the "immoral sexual deviancy" card. I love my partner with all of my heart, and I don't "lust for other men in the shower."
I wish I could witness the day of equality, but it won't happen in my lifetime in this "christian" country, the "great" US of A.
Keep fighting many of us straight people are with you too. I think that if some people just have a perception of gays as not moral. Maybe if some such as yourself that are in a committed relationship would come forward more ofter there would not be that stigma.
This is to Birdtrooper... It is sad the way you think. Do you honestly think it is so we can have gay sex in the shower? Getting rid of DADT isn't so we can flaunt being gay. It's more so that people like me won't lose our job if someone happens to see us holding hands with our boyfriends in public.
continued... Do you really think it matters to my coworkers who I have sex with? As long as I'm not raping anyone I think they will be okay. Don't you? Honestly a lot of the people that I work with know that I am gay (even people who think that it is morally wrong), but it still doesn't cause any problems at work.
"Agreed. If gays are allowed to be in the workforce, they should also be allowed to be in the military."
Please dont take this the wrong way...but the above comment is also about as ignorant as this whole episode. Don't you get it? Gay people are around you every day, you just dont know it. "allowing them in the workplace?" That is plain foolish...you work next to a gay person...trust me. You just dont know.
DADT was a great idea, now all the straight marines are gonna feel weird knowing that the guy sleeping next to him is gay
thesephman 7 months ago
@thesephman DADT doesn't keep homosexuals out of the military, but it forces them to live in secrecy. THAT'S hard. Other marine is uncomfortable? Tough.
KlimtPhelan 6 months ago
@thesephman Marines gonna feel weird? What are they some pussies? We are talking about real men serving for the country, praying to come back home soon. And every each of them outs same effort and is equally good. What is so special about straight marines then? Unless they were ladies well ok...I would then be more tolerant of feeling smth weirder, but come on are you joking?
lukosius1221 2 months ago
@thesephman Gays served all the time and they respect their marines, they would never hit on anyone. Straight marines release their tension by speaking up with others, why should gays not be allowed of that. What's with the double standard, is it because you think gays are just stronger men??? They are like any other men, they worry, they need to feel accepted and relaxation times. They can't be relaxed and serve as good if they feel strangled. It all does good for the whole military.
lukosius1221 2 months ago
Gay Marines would have been summarily discharged, given AWOL and shot for desertion, when my uncle was in the Korean War. RIP and Semper Fi, unc!
ebonics4everyone 7 months ago
Fags wussify the military
ebonics4everyone 7 months ago
Straight = Nazis
Gay = Jews
It like there taking every rights away they can get there hands on towards the gays... I thought this was America... The land of freedom and rights I guess America is just one big lie....
dogdemon444 10 months ago
A woman loves weiner. A man loves a woman who loves weiner, we fight amongst ourselves but it all evens out. When you throw a man who loves weiner into the mix, the natural equation gets fucked up because the input is fucked up. If you want to put your penis in another man's rectum, then so be it. But don't put the 99% of straight servicemen/women at risk because you want your fucking "right." i am a marine corps grunt, and my sister is a combat camera in afghanistan. And although we think it's
ElmerDudd1 1 year ago
When I was in the Corps we ran queers out if we found out about them. It was never tolerated. You knew the rules - no queers. If you lied and we found you out your queer ass was lucky to not get a beat down. Sick and tired of political correctness.This shit is a disgrace.
DeathToLiberalism 1 year ago
@BoyishlyCuteBritYank
Why jump for a bullet why you can just push them out of the way?
yourtube1234567 1 year ago
I knew SSGT Alva
he was the supply chief in 3/7
I had no idea he was gay, but I was w 3/4 and didn't know him too well
mjccmc82 1 year ago
@mjccmc82 Shouldn't have had to find out.
arvydas0069 1 year ago
My name is James Stutts...and I served with SSgt. Alva from 1996-1998 with HMH-769. I received my honorable discharge from The Corps in 1999. While serving with SSgt. Alva we all knew that he was a gay man. It simply wasn't talked about. We could have cared less. He did his job and was a good Marine. That was all that we cared about, and that's all that mattered. I don't claim to understand what it's like to be hiding your sexuality in the service, but I can claim to know that we didn't care.
cpljamie 1 year ago 4
gonna happen and if this would have been left alone no one would be treated wrongly..
southernranger1 1 year ago
All of you trying to get this abolished are fucking idiots! It was put in effect to let gays serve in the armed forces just not openly so no one would freak out but you guys are fucking retarded who want this abolished because it's gonna have negative effects when they serve openly. Other straight men may not wanna get to close when they know this other man is gay and the Instructors at bootcamp will for sure make a few men fail because they are gay. I'm not saying it's right but it's
southernranger1 1 year ago
LMAO he sounds so funny
rayray66 1 year ago
@BoyishlyCuteBritYank i know many straight Marines who have died for our felloow sister and brothers! ok?! just becuz a straight guy or gay guy die for one of us doesnt mean dat evrything they bellieve or do is right... i am greatful for ppl in general doing unselfish things like dat.. gay or straight but still dont support dat being gay is ok.. im not agaijnst gays just the act of being gay... and i am a christain saying dat.. so dont get condused.. im not judging..
MyIsamar 1 year ago
@MyIsamar Yes, Yes you ARE judging. Christian or not, you are telling gay people that they not okay. When you say "being gay" it is the exact same as saying "gay people." You are saying that they are not okay. It like telling a Christian I don't dislike you. I just hate people who believe in God.
TMBrd89 1 year ago
@TMBrd89 No he simply stated his opinion and you fucking judge him for it. I'm currently in the DEP waiting to go to Parris Island for boot. and I believe in God. I hate ppl who talk shit and don't have the balls to serve their country. No one cares what your opinion is you piece of shit.
southernranger1 1 year ago
@southernranger1 Oh I am sorry, I didn't know that only dogs of the military could have opinions. I am glad that you are serving. I thought that the medical profession would be a better use of my time and intelligence. I am an atheist, I support your right to believe in God, congratulations. I was only commenting on Mylsamar's hypocrisy or being "cool" with gays, just not what defines them. You know like hating a fish for swimming. So I have to ask, why did you bother commenting?
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@MyIsamar "im not agaijnst gays just the act of being gay... "
That's like saying, "im not agaijnst blacks just the act of being black... "
TheStrong32 1 year ago
This is one brave man. Props to him! Man, the level of ignorance some of you are showing on this thread is staggering. I really don't give a crap who's screwing who in the military. What the hell does that have to do with someone's credibility to willingly fight for their country?
colincoolness 1 year ago 2
Homosexual Marty and Barney could hardly keep to themselves during this. Barney is a pro pocketpool player however so he made do.
When will America EVER find the ability to be ashamed of itself when it makes these perverted choices?
Okay, let them serve "openly," with one stipulation.
They MUST all be in one "proud" n "pink" platoon. Each year, we'll find some country to attack and send in our pink platoon - FIRST, ON FOOT, dressed in their preferred openly serving colors. Pink no doubt.
YOURpervertexposer 1 year ago
@BoyishlyCuteBritYank Don't believe this fagot troll. He IS NOT WAS NOT a MARINE. He spends his days caring for his fetishes (watching women smoke?) He's a typical EURO(probably Muslim) AMERICAN HATING queer who trolls for videos to chime in his discontent for America and its values. His true story from his own words is, he HATES ISRAEL, HE HATES AMERICA, HE probably hates himself, and for sure, will do everything he can to make sure we have men in pink panties dancing around in our military.
YOURpervertexposer 1 year ago
@BoyishlyCuteBritYank
The Marine part screams louder than the gay part.
All veterans who served honorably are the same in my eyes.
USN, MM2 (NUKE/SW), 2002-08
mjwatts1983 1 year ago
@mjwatts1983 and yet, if he served he still cannot get a marriage.
VolkColopatrion 1 year ago
The don't ask don't tell policy does not ban gays from serving in the military they just can't be openly gay. If not telling your fellow soldiers your sexual preferences gets in the way of you serving your country then you should think twice about joining the military. I'm still thankful for the service he did for this country but I do disagree with him.
joszefVARADI 1 year ago
you are a total disgrace to the corps. an embarrassment.
fourx4insc 1 year ago
fucking GAY WETBACK! GTFO!
IndiaMikePapa 2 years ago
You have to be kidding me?! I have never heard of a single straight man beat up by a large group of gay men...you're argument is completely flawed because it doesn't happen. And I made it through boot camp just fine.
OReillygetarealjob 2 years ago
You're a bigoted dumb ass...
OReillygetarealjob 2 years ago
...No, where in any of my statements did I say I was a Marine.
OReillygetarealjob 2 years ago
Instead of "Semper Fidelis," their motto should be "Simpering Faggots." I was in the Army, and we never pranced around in those dainty white gloves.
MrDmc44111 2 years ago
Dont be pissed cuz our uniforms are 100 times better and sharper than yours. At least our dress blues dont look like shitty cheap pickle suits.
PFCArmijo1989 2 years ago
I don't dispute the fact that your uniforms are sharp; I must admit, gays generally are well-dressed, but with the appropriate feminine touches, like the darling, dainty white gloves.
MrDmc44111 2 years ago
lol hey we have some nice gloves you cant deny it. but before you start baggin about how we Marines are feminine.. why dont you go and actually HOLD a place like Fallujah?
Xtony 2 years ago
Try Vietnam, our war. Our fellow Americans hated us, and some even waved enemy flags on the streets. As far as Marines being effeminate, I guess this video answers that. And, yes, there are those darling, dainty white gloves...
MrDmc44111 2 years ago
Gays are everywhere dumb ass... I would prove it...but I'm not allowed to tell, and you're not allowed to ask...
OReillygetarealjob 2 years ago
I'm not asking anything; I'm saying that machismo is often a front to cover up feminine tendencies in a male - and we all know how much the Marines stress machismo. Legally, you are entitled to your pillowbiting ways; being the Army veteran I am, I'll stick with the ladies, if you don't mind.
MrDmc44111 2 years ago
Actually, legally I am not entitled to my pillowbiting ways because don't ask don't tell prohibits homosexual conduct, but not actually being homosexual. and where did I say that I was the pillowbiter. Anyway, I'm active army, good to know that I have you're support.
OReillygetarealjob 2 years ago
Best of luck to you in your time in the US Army!
MrDmc44111 2 years ago
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MrDmc44111 2 years ago
dont ask dont tell....everyone has em huuhuhuhuhuh LMAO!
nazgul45 2 years ago
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fag
allah12311 2 years ago
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WOW! I didn't think the marines had any gays. I though that was all Army, Navy and Air Force bullshit.
getemhi 2 years ago
where the hell do you get off first gay people have been beaten up, denied the right to marry and the right to sevre our country
dukedoggydoggy 2 years ago 6
Good you came out. Keep it up.
006535971 2 years ago 8
It doesn't matter if your gay or not in the military. Heck some people IN the army turn gay. And you cant really blabber on about this negatively until you've actually been there.
AnimeChick4anime 2 years ago
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if homosexuals in the military can live and shower with the gender they are sexually attracted to, why can't hetero men and women live and shower with each other?
usamericanz 2 years ago
WOW THE LEFT IS ANGRY
MrNyc81 3 years ago
maybe you should serve...as any number of things such as a target for rifle practice, a crash test dummy, a taste tester for pesticides. In other words, go fuck yourself. Make you don't like fags because you can't accept that you are one....
elliottrainbow 3 years ago
you are some sort of retard, aren't you?
verratti19 3 years ago
I have mixed feelings about THAT. lol >:(
Abolish don't ask don't tell!
Eragarev 3 years ago 4
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Sick. But I still love the Marine Corps.
EnjoyIncubus1911 3 years ago
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Man, Your crazy.
eviltreemonster 3 years ago
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Who would have guessed it would have been a gay who was the first one wounded. That enough reason right there KEEP THE FAGS OUT and it should be everywhere in all 50 states
ChaDudeYeah 3 years ago
LGBT or straight, anyone who can shoot well can kill well. They should abolish this stupid law.
eviltreemonster 3 years ago 22
@eviltreemonster YOU know NOTHING about law, especially this one.
This does nothing that prevents a homosexual from serving. IT ONLY PREVENTS THEM FROM MAKING ASSES OF OUR MILITARY BY OPENLY EXPRESSING THEIR SICK BEHAVIORS. Which could be anything from cross dressing and diaper wearing, to pink hats and thumbing their perverted noses at military codes of conduct.
The FACT IS, MOST WHO were EVICTED by DADT were because WAR CAME ALONG, and they made sure, everyone knew they were homo to get out!
YOURpervertexposer 1 year ago
@YOURpervertexposer
And you clearly know nothing about the LGBT community. I won't waste any more time on you. Goodbye.
eviltreemonster 1 year ago
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I think gays should be allowed to be open about their orientation but I don't wanna see my fellow sister having bisexual or lesbian sex near me. There should be limits and rules. That's why I support don't ask don't tell.
OSexyShortStuff 3 years ago
Ok hypocrite
DevilDogGR 3 years ago 2
Yes I'm a hypocrite
OSexyShortStuff 3 years ago
I think American is behind when it comes to gays in the Military. Israel and England both have gays serving openly in the Military. It has been shown that the homophobic people tend to be people who choose not to responed to their own feeling and get anger at people who do. As the song goes "You've got to be taught to be afraid, of people whose eyes are oddly made and people whose skin is a different shade, you've got to be carefully taught." Rodgers & Hammerstein, 1949. It seems to fit today.
broadwaybiff 3 years ago 5
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he has a foolish voice
Jewcifer777 3 years ago
I met Eric Alva. He charming and witty. I love this man!
dgrrrl 3 years ago 4
All marines are gay, wikipedia that shit. they turn gay at parris island, it's where faggots are made, so I read...
scubaduba23 3 years ago
lol fag marines ftl
Nuclearchaoss 3 years ago
I do like America. I am British but I cannot believe that the "land of the free" cannot tolerate an openly gay marine who is prepared to die for his country. America can be very hypocritical.
windsorbays 3 years ago 9
I am very American and I can't deny that you are right, dead right!
dgrrrl 3 years ago 5
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And this guy calls himself a Marine?? Lord have mercy!!
jarheadkevin 4 years ago
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shut up, all marines are fucking gay. read my comment, learn dumbass
scubaduba23 3 years ago
BIRDTROOPER "credibility" of a gay military? Have you heard of Alexander THE GREAT?Peter THE GREAT? Both of these men were SUPERIOR military leaders AND gay. You may find it helpful to learn a little more about history before you make comments. I am pretty sure that when Alexanders troops(undefeated)were coming, people didn't think "Oh, this should be easy...he's gay".
Glad2BmeRU2 4 years ago 7
Dallouez, I'm a supporter of the don't ask don't tell policy, but if you wanna slam someone don't be a dumbass.
The don't ask don't tell policy means that you're allowed to be gay as long as you don't tell anyone, and it's sad as all hell that you can't figure that out on your own.
Alva did not break any laws, and he's not breaking any laws now considering he's already been discharged.
iShotTupac123 4 years ago
I'll say it again, America is the weirdest country on earth. I can't believe the amount of hysteria surrounding sexual preference in a FREE FUCKING COUNTRY!!!
tattypatty 4 years ago 7
Wait, this is a free nation?!! Since when?!
Skittles075 2 years ago 3
It's the freest nation you'll probably ever live in. I don't agree with DADT, DOMA, or a number of the political freedoms republicans wish to censor, as well as the economic freedoms liberals wish to stifle, but this country has the marginal utility of both
BlackWolf4830 2 years ago
Gays have patriotism just as much, if not more than other people. As a former servicemember serving 12 years of service in the Navy, my goal, was the same as straights, to Support and Uphold the Constitution of the United States.
jgodyssey 4 years ago
I just met Eric. Hes a great speaker and a nice guy. Keep fighting the good fight MSG Alva!
zvgk 4 years ago
Yes, it does. It's a shame that this is the 21st century and people still view us only in a sexual context. It's who we love that matters - exactly as it is with heterosexuals, but we are always subject to the "immoral sexual deviancy" card. I love my partner with all of my heart, and I don't "lust for other men in the shower."
I wish I could witness the day of equality, but it won't happen in my lifetime in this "christian" country, the "great" US of A.
WellConditioned 4 years ago
Keep fighting many of us straight people are with you too. I think that if some people just have a perception of gays as not moral. Maybe if some such as yourself that are in a committed relationship would come forward more ofter there would not be that stigma.
firemanstud1981 4 years ago 2
This is to Birdtrooper... It is sad the way you think. Do you honestly think it is so we can have gay sex in the shower? Getting rid of DADT isn't so we can flaunt being gay. It's more so that people like me won't lose our job if someone happens to see us holding hands with our boyfriends in public.
gaymilitaryman 4 years ago
continued... Do you really think it matters to my coworkers who I have sex with? As long as I'm not raping anyone I think they will be okay. Don't you? Honestly a lot of the people that I work with know that I am gay (even people who think that it is morally wrong), but it still doesn't cause any problems at work.
gaymilitaryman 4 years ago
"Agreed. If gays are allowed to be in the workforce, they should also be allowed to be in the military."
Please dont take this the wrong way...but the above comment is also about as ignorant as this whole episode. Don't you get it? Gay people are around you every day, you just dont know it. "allowing them in the workplace?" That is plain foolish...you work next to a gay person...trust me. You just dont know.
mpbndc 4 years ago
what an honorable man!
zaynzaynzayn 4 years ago
Superb, brave, patriot, when will America learn. If only other soliders were as brave.
richwill1 4 years ago
Amazing. He is the definition of an American Hero. <b>That</b> is bravery.
PeanutButterHampster 5 years ago
He is my new hero. Way to go my friend.
Craig2368 5 years ago
I got chills when he said "who would've thought the first person injured would be a gay Marine"! Way to go, dude!
FogBuffy 5 years ago
I served with SSgt Alva in the mid 90's and I wish I had half the heart he has in his little pinky. Im so proud of him.
Semper Fi, Daryl
roadhog481 5 years ago 2
THIS is bravery!
Our soldiers are fighting for ALL of us, not SOME of us!
Remember, "All men are created EQUAL"!
Glad2BmeRU2 5 years ago
Agreed. If gays are allowed to be in the workforce, they should also be allowed to be in the military.
gameshowguy2000 4 years ago
Good to go! 5 Stars.
p.s.-that squeaky voice is adorable.
colonialmarine1117 5 years ago
Bravo, but this guy needs a publicist.
SchizoSplinter 5 years ago
Bravo Zulu, Marine!
avgayjoe 5 years ago