In his state of the union address on January 27, 2010, President Barak Obama called on congress to end "don't ask, don't tell". The following Tuesday the nations two top Defense officials supported that decision. And Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he intends to announce some changes to the “don't ask, don't tell” policy in the next 45 days.

Since the policy was implemented in 1993, an estimated 13,000 servicemen and servicewomen have been kicked out. And rightly so. It's a policy, vis a vie a military law. But what makes me madder than help is the fact that in all the rhetoric, and saber rattling, and name calling, not one person...NOT ONE, has talked about the rights of the heterosexual solider. No one has asked how THEY feel about the subject or talked about THEIR rights. Have they none?

So whats all the ruckess about? Lets look at the definition of the word homosexual: adj.  Of, relating to, or having a sexual orientation to persons of the same sex. Tell me if I'm wrong, but it seems to me that homosexuality boils down to sexual relations between persons of the same sex. As it stands under "don't ask don't tell", most enlisted personnel don't know if their fellow soilders are homosexual or not. They are forced to keep their sexual preferences to themselves and under cover, just as most respectable heterosexual men and women do. No one needs to know your sexual preference. I personally don't care and I don't think most people do either. But if they repeal this policy, you will have homosexual demonstrations, eventual segregation, and ultimately anarchy in the military. Therefore, by changing the current "don't ask, don't tell" policy and allowing openly homosexual activity is just asking for trouble. Not to mention that it doesn't take into account the feelings of the heterosexual soilder and totally infringes upon their rights.

While I personally think that homosexuality has no place in the military (nor women in the infantry or on the front lines), the policy should be left as is. I think that President Obama is making a terrible mistake calling on Congress to repeal "don't ask, don't tell", and is clearly pandering to the homosexual minority who voted for him while ignoring the heterosexual majority that put him in office.

So, should Congress repeal "don't ask, don't tell"? Modify it? Leave it as is? Or do you have a better solution?