Don't Ask Don't Tell - 60 Min. Special (Part 1)

[Ramissand]

Look at the trouble makers, it's never the gays.

[Ramissand]

If your that conservative, you shouldn't be allowed in

[nujac321]

If straight people find gay people repugnant, then they should stop thinking about what gay people do in the bedroom.

[stefanybody]

if they think only macho type people should be they only ones in they army then why do they hire women? lol. things that make ya go hmm,

[sesshomaru31b]

I'm starting the Heterosexual Civil Union, We work for the future of Humanity do not let the human race die out! It'd be a damn shame to see GAYS forced to hook up with the opposite sex to continue our race.

[superstar111111111]

when that guy started speaking at like 9:15 what i heard was that straight soldiers fight better than gay solders and that americans are better than everyone else. to me that doesnt sound very american

[stefanybody]

@superstar111111111 actually that to me sounds very america, americans are a piece of homophobic shit,

[lefton8]

this is so gay

[travitheMuffinMan]

"Omg, if I can't talk about my boyfriend at work, I think I'll go crazy!" Seriously, grow up.

[hppysra]

The IDF, one of the best military forces in the world, allows soldiers to serve openly. These republicans have got this completely backwards and will fail if they don't start changing this stone-age policy.

[ESP1328]

All minority groups need to unite. LATINO , BLACKS , MUSLIMS , ASIANS , GAY if we all unite for that all are group get equal rights we can change american goverment.

LETS GET THE REPUBLICANS OUT OF OFFICE,

IF YOU ARE A MINORITY AND HAVE EVER FELT DISCRIMINATED / NOT HEARD / LEFT BEHIND or treated eual. UNITE AND LETS ALL VOTE 4 DEMOCRATS. ..... BECAUSE THE TRUTH IS REPUBLICNAS ONLY CARE FOR THE 1 % MINORITY of RICH AMERICANS

[skydymond2009]

im gay and subject to draft registration. so i can be forced to get killed in a war but not voluntarily serve. that makes no sense.

[scorpdan]

The right-wing's argument is always, "We're not Canadians or Europeans", as if we're so fucking different. Well, maybe we are a little more backward.

[0Krusnik0]

LOL The USA is a kinda backward Canada.

Screw that fucker Duncan Hunter, btw. Bitch better not come to Canada.

[joeblno]

What a blatant insult to our brave Allies in Iraq, this deluded ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, Duncan Hunter, saying our allies don't go into "dangerous places" as do the Americans so it's ok for them to have gays in their military. He just doesn't get it....

[Jemhadar28]

do not let perez hilton in the marines.

[jusitke07]

So then, would you agree that the majority of the signers of the Constitution agreed with that one person, Thomas Jefferson, to instill the Separation Clause?

[scienceatheism]

wow i didnt know that. hmmm makes me look at it differently then. i feel a bit stupid agreeing with my dad who hates the fact the dont ask dont tell is being removed. intresting i didnt know brits did that. but i do got to say the europeans are a bit more excepting to wierdness then the americans are. we are a bit more conservative europeans are a bit liberal.

[jjguy23]

Im terribly disappointed with Barack Obama's broken promises. I think the gay community was just a joke for him.

[scienceatheism]

shut up. it takes a bit more time. seriously people you expect our president to fucking make changes and save the planet in a day. shit. he is doing the best he can. cuzz you know he is kinda working on a failing economy, corruption and 2 wars. i dont see that gay rights is right up there on his to do list just yet. so be fucking patient.

[jjguy23]

Yeah, wars that were supposedly going to end.

[scienceatheism]

war is kinda hard to ummm just pull out one day it takes fucking time. what dont you understand about that. its not like sex where your about to cum you pull out suddenly. no it takes hard work, you risk civilian lives if you retreat all of sudden one day. you got to gradually leave.

[0Krusnik0]

We're not the Swedes, we're too prude and theocratic.

[thehotshirtguy2008]

I doubt gay soldiers would be as detrimental as it's made out to be. Straight Leaders fuck up the Army enough without gays. So I think it's a non-issue. If someone in my fire team came to me and said "Sgt. I'm gay" I would say "You want a fuckin' award or something?" because what people do in their personal time has no bearing on ability.

[thehotshirtguy2008]

You sure don't see very many gay 11B's... just sayin'...

[ExeterL]

Duncan Hunters statements here are a fantastic mix of arrogance and stupidity. People are going to be laughing at this kind of backwards logic in ten years time.

[crackerjack05]

gay americans who wish to have a military career should join a foreign military where gay people can serve e.g.

Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Britain, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.

Your own country doesnt appreciate you, go somewhere that will

These countries will happily utilize your skills

[mzzzhedison]

@crackerjack05 Oh, yes. That would be ideal. Let me relocate thousands of miles away from my family, my friends and away from the country that I love, to serve a country I wish not to reside in. All of those countries you mentioned once banned gays & lesbians from the military also. I'm sure they'd appreciate your service of wiping off tables and licking the floor though.

[jusitke07]

Someone tell me why our allies such as Mexico, UK, Australia, Philippines, Israel, Spain, France, New Zealand, Japan, France, Germany, Spain, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Canada, etc. don't seem to have a problem with unit cohesion with openly Gays & Lesbians in their respective military? And why is that US standards of Gays in the mlitary fall in the same standards ironically with Saudi Arabia, Iran, United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Pakistan, China, North Korea, Egypt, Cuba, and Russia?

[0Krusnik0]

Well, Iran is a theocracy. The USA obviously is not much more than one.

[jusitke07]

Seriously. I'm a proud Christian, but I definitely advocate the US Constitutional clause of Separation of Church & State under the First Amendment.

[0Krusnik0]

O.o That clause is in there? Sweet, that's gonna be used allllll the time now.

[jusitke07]

Actually, it's totally ignored due the fact that even Gay Christians can't even get married in their respective religious freedoms. That's like a Seventh Day Adventists telling a Lutheran not to worship on Sundays which interferes with the Lutheran's religious freedoms.

[scienceatheism]

you know people say its not actually in there. i argued with this one dude who says that no where in the constitution does it say that.

[jusitke07]

Look up Separation Clause in any encyclopedia and/or Wikpedia and get back to me on that

[scienceatheism]

first amendment right?? it says it there. i just kept reading up on thomas jefferson who i read somewhere was an agnostic which i liked but he kept saying god this jesus that so now my respect for him just totally went out the window.

[jusitke07]

Oh so you are admitting that the Separation Clause is in there? So are you taking back your words in claiming that "separation of Church & State doesn't exist in our Constitution"?

[scienceatheism]

bitch im on your side wtf are you talking about. i agreed with you that church and state should be seperated and not only that but church should be abolished and deemed hazardous to our health.

[jusitke07]

Looking back at your comments....i can hardly believe that.

[scienceatheism]

do you not see my username?

[jusitke07]

yup...

[titan5000]

That idiot Duncan Hunter probably though he was insulting the Swedes. He insulted himself and showed how much less intelligent he is than the Swedes.

It's not even a question of time and tradition. The Romans and Greeks had gays in the military. The Vikings had women and pretty much anyone would have no problem fighting alongside a black person a thousand years ago.

It's not progress to allow gays in the military, it's just common sense.

[DeliciouslyImperfect]

Very well said Titan !

[BruceFlachsbart]

Throwing homosexuals out of the military for NO other reason than being themselves, is just silly. If people do their jobs, then I'm fine with that.

Let's grow up and repeal this silly "Don't Ask Don't Tell" ridiculous policy.

[Scorpion3363]

Jakemmx said it the best in his comment!~

"If our soldiers are actually soo fragile and unprofessional that an army major can make the argument that they will be unable to function if a gay person is around, then I think we have much greater problems that just this issue."

[emokidsareawzum]

i understand what andrew means. but it doesnt have anything to do with people being ulgy. gays respect the fact that your straight and we expect you to respect us as being gay. i had to shower with guys in open bay showers and it never turned me on and i sure as hell never hit on anyone or stared at some guys junk. i think if everyone put there views aside and just did there job we wouldnt have an issue. i do believe though that the military shouldnt let flamming faggots in though. and im gay.

[dryice17]

If you're gay, why would you use such a disgusting, discriminatory word? You're a disgrace.

[Claudia7778]

Andrew, it makes me uncomfortable when I get stares and whistles from random men when I'm buying groceries, minding my own business. Perhaps hetero men should be forced to stay in doors. Your argument is flawed.

[andrew19k]

It won't work because people like myself, who are straight and in the military will demand separate bathrooms, showers, rooms because my rights have to be respected as well. It makes me uncomfortable to shower in an open bay with a gay person. Deal with it

[IAteYourTV]

Most likely you already do. So, what? They probably think you are ugly anyway.

[andrew19k]

Brilliant comment, makes you highly respected here I imagine.

[IAteYourTV]

so you don't think you already shower with gays or you don't think they think you are ugly?

[dryice17]

You're the one who has to deal with it. It makes you uncomfortable, so fucking deal with it! If you don't like it, why dont YOU leave the army?

[KitireFel]

*couldnt care less

[u2MRtheFLY]

amazing.

i think bill clinton's plan of this was good AT THE TIME. As Hillary Clinton says it was a first step. But now I think it's time for gays to openly serve.

You can't tell someone that they can fight and die for there country but they can't express who they truly are. Thats not right.

Blacks were once unable to vote.

Woman were unable to vote.

That has all changed and it needs to change for gays.

[mcmlxvi]

The US is such a rotten country. Not only there's discrimination against homosexuals but on top of that homosexuals are forced by law to say there isn't. Gays in other countries have to deal with discrimination but at least they stand the chance to fight it face to face since they're not hyprocrites about it.

[Doc418]

oh, one day, hopefully, DADT will be repealed and Gay and Lesbian Americans will serve their country. And the homophobes, like Elaine Donnally that want to keep them out would just wither away.

[VT16]

How did the military ever survive integrating blacks with white soldiers 50 years ago? It's almost amazing.

[weirdo3140]

Watched this video in my health class 3 years ago. This is soo dumb. Dont ask dont tell is a stupid thing. Just because your gay doesnt weaken your performance.

[rangermedic24]

Homosexuality in the military has little to do with ones ability to perform their job. It is the fact that they fee they need special recognition for being gay. Flamboyancy in the ranks is the issue, concern that your co-worker is eyeing you, crap like that. I don't give a crap that someone wants to be gay, it's when he wants people to acknowledge his orientation and be okay with it. Its selfish to think that everyone around you should be okay with your preferences. Not the world we live in.

[medic985]

yet we have to accept your heterosexual behavior.

[jusitke07]

Well how do you think a military personnel who happens to be gay, , or bi hears and sees flamboyant anti-gay jokes and uprofessional remarks like "THAT'S SO GAY" feel? Are the GBLT suppose to be okay with that? Where's the fainess and freedom in all this? I'm in the military, my co-workers know I'm gay, and everytime I hear anti-gay jokes, remarks, and unprofessional attitudes towards gays and lesbians, it really hurts. Don't think they're imposing on me when they do such things?

[mcmlxvi]

You are so wrong. Every "straigh" person in the military TALKS about their wifes or husbands, they SHOW pictures of their children to everybody openly, comunitary activities are organized specifically for them to bring their families, they do show and interact based on their sexual orientation 24 by 7. According to this law, Gays not only don't have "families" but they are not allowed to talk about them. You are being simplistic about the issue.

[patheticallypoetic99]

if they have to be okay with you being heterosexual, than maybe you should be okay with them being homosexual.

absolutely no difference. you expect special treatment becuase you are straight? well what about giving everyone equal rights.

[Scorpion3363]

Unfourtuantly I tried to give this comment a negative 7 but youtube wouldn't let me!~ I suppose a negative 6 is as low as the bar goes!~

[Jakemmx]

If our soldiers are actually soo fragile and unprofessional that an army major can make the argument that they will be unable to function if a gay person is around, then I think we have much greater problems that just this issue.

[putavyraitis]

@Jakemmx One of the greatest points i heard on youtube. Tumbs up.

[lilmuscleboi]

The american candidate that speaks about continuing to keep homosexuals in the closet......FUCK i could beat his ass down in 2 seconds. I am a gay man living in kentucky and i have very very few problems. You would think that a person obviously living in a more commercial area would be more intelligent about how a man to man combat has nothing to do with weather or not one is a princess. lol most of my friends are like me, tall, built and a take no shit attitude.... LOL suck cock and fight!! lol

[La1chi]

Don't ask don't tell is fucking stupid...

[ghostround]

That wasn't a medal, it's the Combat Medic Badge, it's given to any medic who serves in a forward area.

[Tamai64]

What an informative vid,

thanxs for sharing.

I totally agree,sexual orientation & or preference doesn't matter.

If these brave women & men are willing to "Die" so I can sleep soundly then they have my vote.

[FiliStoned]

Who gives a fuck if you're gay, bi or straight, man? Keep it to your own fucking self, otherwise whether you like it or not you shall be discriminated against, period.

[aaron602]

When will the Govt realize discriminating against gays is no different than the way they discriminated against Blacks in the Civil War Era? Gays are no less or more of a people than straights. We are all people!

[GoreyFantod]

Friend, with all due respect, the U.S. Armed Forces weren't desegregated until 1948, under Harry S. Truman during the Korean Conflict.

African Americans have always fought in integrated units, but it was on a scattershot basis. Too often they were forced into menial jobs with little or no possibility of advancement, even after desegregation.

[gfssreeaa2]

OMG that guy 5:26 looks like Hilter!!!!!

[rljames54]

I am hoping thigs are going to change here in America,it all comes down to accepting people for who they are.Gays are just as smart and heroic as the staight soilders,being gay does not turn them into a lesser man or woman.Some of the Spartens were gay,and yet they were very brave,fierce warriors.

[Dita71]

Amazing how we have people in power getting caught with their pants down and these guys are saying, "Why change things?" C'mon, where are we at, when we can watch Will and Grace and that's ok, but God forbid if you go and fight for your country openly! CRAZY!!!!

[eizhowa]

I was so shocked when I saw this on tv! I couldn't believe what I was hearing.

No wonder so many thinks americans are two- faced hypocrites. You can thank the government for that.

[Mitchicon]

I have no problem with one of my military comrades being gay, especially since so many of the are in the intelligence field.

[shadowpsykie]

hardened soldiers.... yeah unlike the greeks and trojans, who encouraged gay activiy they were weak and stuff right? nevermind that they trained some of the fiercest warriors of thier day