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Agreed. Perfect example: The organist at my church was homosexual. He was not a practicing homosexual, he simply liked men. Enter the new pastor: a raging anti-homosexual preacher. Our beloved, and very talented organist left our church within 2 months. It took us 18 months to get rid of the pastor, had to go to the bishop and pay severance and all this stuff. However, we got rid of him, in no small part, for running off one of the most contributory members of our church. Please, please, let's not derail this into an anti-religion conversation. Suffice to say, the congregation kicked out the bigoted pastor as fast as we possibly could. Problem solved, but the damage was done. The point is, even when the person did not engage in the behavior that was "objectionable", the discrimination still occurred. He was gay, but he wasn't "being" gay. That is the crux of DADT. You can be gay, as long as you don't act gay....well,that's just queer.
And, to your point, I don't know any gay person who chooses it either. Universally, they all think it pretty much sucks to be gay in this world. Of course, all of the gay people I know are over 40, so it is arguably a different generation. I speculate that it is easier for today's young adults, but that is ignorant speculation. I have nothing to back it, just a feeling.
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