"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" afterthoughts

[Hyraxylos]

MLK Day in the United States has now officially come and gone, at least in my time zone, and I've reflected quite a bit over the civil rights battles that are being fought at the present day in my country. The most recent victory now forbids our military from randomly and carelessly discharging soldiers from service for completely arbitrary reasons. Now, I was never under the impression that sexual orientation was something that warranted being screamed out at full vocal tone from atop a high precipice within the United States Military, despite that same organization being the very origin of our beloved Internet now enjoyed all over the world for... certain things. Yet the frequent rhetoric I've seen thrown around is how "uncomfortable" soldiers would be working alongside others who are "openly gay". If I might be so privileged as to voice my humble opinion...

...lol. Yeah right, who am I kidding? I'm Hyraxylos--blurting out opinions isn't a "privilege" for me, it's an identity! Silly me. So as always, I'll just open my huge mouth and rudely blurt out what I feel 96% certain is the truth. Anyone who joins the military and is more terrified of the mere sexual orientation (not supposed sexual BEHAVIOR mind you, but orientation) of another soldier five doors down, as opposed to being deployed to a hostile country overrun with Taliban agents, probably has some serious mental problems.

The most annoying excuse of all was made in the wake of a federal judge's decision to destroy DADT on the very solid and unquestionable grounds that it was unconstitutional. The argument from the right-wingers was that such a transition was "too sudden" and would need time to set in. Now, I'm only a civilian and can't fathom what sort of paperwork goes through the military, but dare I ask what could possibly take so long to make this so-called transition at the very speed of news itself? DON'T DISMISS GAY SOLDIERS ANYMORE. Why wouldn't it be that simple? What paperwork is there that could possibly be required for this to go into effect any more slowly than it takes to declare this unconstitutional?
I'm glad Congress saw reason and overturned it, but I don't think the extra timeframe was necessary. As things stand, conservatives will probably still be criticizing the decision as "too sudden" anyway. I say it wasn't sudden enough, which brings me to a rather important historical footnote.

Exhibit A - white clergy of Birmingham informing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. that the marches of black and white protestors were "too sudden" and that desegregation "needed to wait for a while."

Exhibit B - in which the reverend makes a rather famous reply from his prison cell in the wake of his over 9000th arrest.

No, gays don't need to "be patient" any more than any other minority should've had to. Long live civil rights, long live the Constitution, and long live the United States of America.

Cheers.
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