Marine Gen. James F. Amos, face of opposition in the military to lifting ban on gays . . . recants

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MANAMA, Bahrain -- Marine Gen. James F. Amos, the face of opposition in the military to lifting the ban on gays serving openly, now acknowledges his concern has proven unfounded that repeal would undermine the war effort. In fact, he says, Marines have embraced the change.

In an Associated Press interview, Amos called the repeal in September "a non-event."

"Successfully implementing repeal and assimilating openly homosexual Marines into the tightly woven fabric of our combat units has strong potential for disruption at the small unit level as it will no doubt divert leadership attention away from an almost singular focus on preparing units for combat," Amos testified. Still, he said at the time that if the law were changed, it would be faithfully followed by Marines.

He now sees no sign of disruption in the ranks - even on the front lines.

"I'm very pleased with how it has gone," Amos said during a weeklong trip that included four days in Afghanistan, where he heard nary a word of worry about gays. During give-and-take sessions with Marines serving on in Helmand province, he was asked about a range of issues, including the future of the Corps - but not one about gays.


read: http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/11/28/2521466/top-marine-says-service-embracing.html

[Thinkingabout]

1. Much ado about nothing

I think this will relieve many other problems which are really
any problems at all.  

[Angry Dragon]

2. 'openly homosexual'

This term totally pisses me off every time I see it
they make it sound as if they are running around looking for sex
do they ever say openly heterosexual males are running around??
no they do not