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Currently, society and the government views sexuality as a matter of choice (behavior). Because it is a choice, it is currently not a protected class. While it is a fair analogy to equate the treatment of blacks and gays in the military, I think we can all agree that behaviors can be hidden, while skin color/gender cannot. There is a lot of work towards defining homosexuality within the human genome, thus making it a protected class. Until that occurs, I'm afraid it will be difficult to regulate protection against discrimination. Currently, it's the equivalence of "protecting" someone for being a Republican.
One of my best friends did 27 years in the Navy as a gay male. He retired last year from the reserves. He doesn't like the policy (DADT), but only because it constantly put him at risk of losing his job - not because he wanted to listen to Streisand on his shifts.
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