[quote]The fact that you would bring deployed soldiers up, as a rallying cry, says something about your motives.[/quote] My motives are that everyone's voice deserves to be heard, and that everyone's story is worth telling. That every human's HUMANITY deserves to be respected and honored. What are YOUR motives...and why do you seem to be implying that gay soldiers somehow need to remain "closeted"? My point is what is being called (in the service of subtle prejudice) 'FORCED DIVERSITY"...is, in fact, the presentation of the REAL WORLD. There are gay soldiers who fight in our wars to protect the things and people they love....and some of the people they love happen to be of the same sex. Seeing them as "pawns" to be used is YOUR agenda. Not mine. To me they are simply human beings whose voices and stories deserve to be heard and deserve to be respected simply because they are human. They NEED no further "justification" for their presence, or their validity in being told. How 'bout you?