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Military Spirit: I submit that there were no openly gay Vikings. The military is a place of manly-men and homosexual males are not considered "real men." It's hard to get Sergeant Ultimate Badass to befriend Corporal Cupcake. Sexual orientation equates to more than just what you do with your genitals during your free time in the military. Homosexuality means weakness, ineptitude, being a total pussy, unreliable, won't kill the bad guys, might touch my no-no hole, etc.
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I submit there were plenty of openly gay Roman soldiers/officers. I submit there were plenty of openly gay Greek/Spartan kings/soldiers. I submit Richard the Lionheart was so openly gay his own beloved countrymen constantly mocked him for never providing an heir.
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I wonder how much of the problems from integrating open homosexuals into the military can be directly traced to the fucked-up notions of masculinity used to define military culture.
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Part of me hates the fact we are on the same side of the issue after you put forth a statement like this.