Admiral steers support for gays in military

detnews.com:

To retired Admiral Hutson, the lesson is that the U.S. military needs a midcourse correction. 'If I thought that letting (open) gays in the military now would degrade the mission,' he says, 'I wouldn't be for it. The military mission is unique enough that it shouldn't be a social laboratory. But we are at a point now where we can do it. And once you can do it, that creates a moral imperative that means you must do it.' Lifting the ban, he has come to believe, will strengthen military readiness by enhancing unit cohesion. As for those service members unable to control their anti-gay attitudes, Hutson adds: 'I'd rather have a good gay sailor take his or her place, and just get (the bad apples) out and send them back to wherever they came from to work out their problems. I don't want them in my Navy. That will make the military better.'

I was never in support of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell', it is hypocrisy. I think that the military should have strict standards about sexual conduct (which it has) but this should be evenly applied, regardless of orientation.