While Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell can be used against gay soldiers, it can also be used to protect them. If a gay soldier doesn’t tell, no one should ask. Unfortunately, it seems the military may not always follow its own rules when it comes to known or suspected gay military men.
A court martial found PFC Christopher Mastromarino guilty of assault last month, but Mastromarino claims supervisors targeted him because they think he’s gay.
…The Maryland native told PageOneQ during a recent interview that he is innocent of the charges. And that the prosecution’s case was filled with conflicting testimony, here-say [sic] and rumors, and a questionable timeline.
In addition, according to sworn testimony during the trial, two prosecution witnesses said that they did not consider the physical contact between themselves and Mastromarino to be an assault, although the command chose to bring those charges forward against him.
Mastromarino claims the verbal and emotional abuse started almost as soon as he enrolled. His superiors were gunning for him from day one.
Graywolf48
If you are gay and choose to go into the military, you should resolve to stay “in the closet” and sexually celibate during your period of enlistment. Otherwise, be prepared to pay the consequences.
Until DADT is repealed, I would encourage all gays to avoid military service, or surrender your sexuality for the duration. We are indeed a pathetic nation on so many levels.
commeca
You want to make that “hearsay” evidence? PageOneQ may be rife with “hear-spell” writing, but I’d like to think Queerty has higher standards.
amiurume
The DADT policy is not a policy that is enforced in the military today.
Most gay sercvicemen are outed by other servicemen; when confronted with pressure to devuldge who they have sexually active with. The pressure comes in the form of reduced penelties when a gay is under investigation.The best way for any gay man in todays military is to follow what I call the FIFTY MILE rule.ie no gay sexual activity within fifty miles of their duty station.
It sounds tough, but it worked for me for twenty years. Once I retired, I outted myself with no problems
Retired Air Force E-7
Craig Browning
I was lucky to serve in the late 70s when this wasn’t as major an issue as it is today… for that matter I had relations with a very high ranking member of my company that lasted a significant period of time… there was never a problem!
Yet, I know of others that had problems and it was typically due to their own attitude and the proverbial “Chip” on their shoulder that was rather obvious to all. It’s as Louise Hay used to say, “There are few true victims in this world but a lot of volunteers.”
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hashimoto
If you are tuff and you have a low voice
you cannot be omosex (many times homosex do have a low voice)
If you are kind
you have a soft voice and you behave with humanity, you most be a homosex.
In the army you cannot be kind to anyone
probabilly only who allowe is brain wash and do not have
humanity can make career, there might be no space for humanity if you want to remain in the army, all they may look alike.
This is the probable real reasons to the metter.
The usual rules of any lobbie is that there cannot be people with personality everyone has to be standarized.
That is probabilly why Mastromarino had the honor of the court martial,
The court martial gave to Mastromarino the chance of getting out of a negative experience because he had the chance of been a martir for part of the country which still believe in humanity.
Before all, a soldier has to be primarelly human
in his duty.
United States of America has been founded with the phrase: “IN GOD WE TRUST”
The US Army has to stand on human bases acording
to the most important article of the USA costitution
wich in GOD remitt the future of the country.