The picture of the men hoisting a pride flag (or whatever it's called) is RIDICULOUS!!! It's a complete mockery and you should take it down immediately. That is of the utmost disrespect to ANY servicemember, gay or straight. So Tila, join the effing military then we'll talk....The ones who have the most to say are usually the ones who do the least. I sacrificed 5 years of my life so that a bunch of do nothing liberals can try and take over what we have worked so hard to establish. I'm not anti-gay, but let's not be so distasteful about it all. You don't see me flaunting my straight behavior all over the place. Ughhh!!!

Okay, so here's my thought and my thought only...You dont have to agree. However, we are all entitled to our own thoughts and opinions...I am a female officer in the US Army myself..I know of several homosexual soldiers and I can personally attest to the fact that these soldiers are there there for the exact same reason that any heterosexual soldier is there for..To fight for our rights and protect our beloved country..Not to shop for their next lay.. So for that reason and that reason alone, I believe that they have just as much right to be there than any other person... In the military, we are all soldiers first...Every thing else comes second...This is understood by all... That trust, that I put in my fellow soldiers hands, has got to be total and complete in order to stay alive.. The last thing any one thinks about in a time of war and tragedy is the sexual orientation of the soldier beside or behind them..

As far as the religious side of things, I do not agree that if the Lord did not want there to be homosexuals here on Earth, he would not have put them here... You could be in real trouble if you started applying that to things in order redeem your soul.. I am sure that the Lord is horrified with what we humans have done with the gifts he has given us.. We have used the knowledge that we have been given for evil more often than not.. Now I am speaking of the human race in general.. Not each and every person.. There are certainly alot of people that have used their knowledge for good.. Our world is quickly spinning out of control.. There are a lot of more important issues to focus on than that of the civil rights of homosexual people.. What it all boils down to is this.. Come the end of days, EVERYONE will be judged by the only person that has the right to judge.. Until that time, it is the choice of each individual to live their life the way he or she sees fit... Free will was bestowed upon us by the Lord so that we CHOSE how we are to live... He wanted us to CHOSE to love Him as He loves us.. Not be forced to do so.. With that responsiblity comes the burden of consequences.. Do not trouble yourself by judging others because you will surely not like the consequences when your time to be judged comes.. Instead, love your fellow brothers and sisters.. Live your own life how you believe you should live it.. Let others live theirs how they see fit.. If being a homosexual is a sin, than it is forgivable, just as any other sin would be.. There is no sin that keeps you from the Lord's love and forgiveness.. I am not saying that it is in fact a sin.. Only, that if people want to believe that homosexuals go to hell simply for being a homosexual, they are wrong.. All sins are washed away if a person accepts Him as their personal savior and redeemer and ask that their sins be forgiven...

We ALL sin, every day of our lives.. No sin is greater than another when asking for forgiveness.. So, to those that are actively discriminating against homosexuals and casting their judgement on them, you are actively sinning yourself! Move on, and please cleanse your own soul lest you want to be sent to the exact place you claim homosexuals are condemned!!

My words exactley!

I think that you are the ignorant one. Just because the soldier standing next to you happens to have a partner of the same gender does NOT mean that they will be "thinking about how you looked in the shower last night instead of his job." I mean seriously, are you attracted to every woman out there? No you're not. Same thing goes with gays and lesbians, THEY ARE NOT ALL ATTRACTED TO YOU. And whether or not they are open about it, they are still gay. The only ones making it uncomfortable are close-minded individuals like you. You can disagree with the views expressed by Tila, but don't you dare insult her because of your close-minded ignorance.

I hate to break it to you but what makes you think we wana think about you...we go to war to protect our country.not to see what the selection of guys are..plus if we wanted to go sex up guys we would hit a bar..not the army..belive it or not but we don't just care about sex..besides gay people don't need to see you naked to size you up..and when your at war you don't have time to think about anything but your mission.so frankly f*cking get over yourself... ( helrazar911@yahoo.com ) e~mail me if you have a problem with that. Ill tell you where you can stick your ideas.

Actually God does give us a choice and God did destroy the city of Sodom and Gomorrah because men were laying with men and women were laying with men. A man can not make life with another man same as a women to a women. God tells us to be fruitful and multiply. You can't exactly multiply with the same sex. After Jeses died on the cross for our sins all of our sins are forgiving granted you believe Jesus is the son of God and believes what he did. America is the most evil, messed up country. Dad raping daughters, kids killing parents, Homo's like crazy. Everything is Ass backwards and just wait America's time is coming. In the end times the bible does not even speak of this land.

You seem pretty sure that Choi wasn't kicked out for being gay. So tell us Mr. Information, what was he kicked out for? What evidence do you have that he manipulated the media? Do you know him personally? As to your comment about PDA: first of all, I don't think gay soldiers are likely in the habit of talking openly to their straight soldier buddies about their sexual exploits. And I'm pretty sure it's not just because it's against the "rules". However, I happen to have a few straight, male, soldier friends and let me tell you, they don't censor themselves. If it is against the rules for a gay soldier to talk about sex with a man, or a lesbian soldier to talk about sex with a woman (which I'm sure would get no complaints from the straight males), it should also be against the rules for EVERYONE to talk about ANY sexual or romantic exploits. As to your comment about the Indians having it the worst, I think you're right. I don't think I've ever heard anyone compare the horrible struggles WE put them through to the LBGTQ rights movement. And I do believe we call them NATIVE AMERICANS now.

Sorry Shannon about the Indian word but as far as my ancestors and my grandparents are concerned we are Indian. We were here first so the term Native American offends me a little. And I am not sure why everyone is assuming Choi was kicked out because he is gay, and is there a politically correct term for gay yet? Because apparently there is a politically correct term for everything today. I wouldn't want to offend anyone. And for your information, as a single father of two wonderful boys, not every guy is into two women. I would think that your statement was pretty much labeling the straight males unfairly. And people need to stop looking at President Obama as Black or part White part Black. He is just a man. It is great that he was elected to office what a historical moment. But, women have had it just as hard. If I remember my history correctly, (African Americans) were allowed to vote before women. So when an Indian, (My right to call myself this) or a woman is elected to office then we can all cheer as the world will truly be changing for the better.

for one the proper term is indigenous people not Native Amerians or Indains so you people need too get it right both are in a way a disgrace to our people but the whites use these terms anyways

Screw blacks and f*ck gay people

Are you kidding me? If you're going to come on here and talking your stuff maybe you should not use numbers to complete words or leave out letters. You're just making yourself look ignorant. And maybe you should get your facts straight before spouting crap about how the military killed President Kennedy.

the military didn't assistinate kennedy

I think you said it best!! I feel that unless you have been in the military and really know what it is like, keep your mouth shut! Thank You for your comment. USMC

you know there is no law protecting gays and lesbians against discrimination?? you say we cant be compared to a race, that's true because race is protected, your sex is protected, your sexuality is protected but ours is not!! seriously think about it... how would you feel if you were told you couldn't marry the love of your life?? how would you feel if you were told that you can have some of the rights as other people?? people like you who say that they don't hate homosexuals or they aren't a "basher" but they dont want us to have the same rights as you just piss me off! you are just being ignorant and if you are black you should know how it is to be looked down on and how your people in the past were treated because of WHO THEY ARE!!!! so all you people who sit here and talk sh*t about us try putting yourself in our shoes! i dare you to try and live one day in the life we live because you are so close minded you wouldn't last 1 hour!! you have no clue what it is like to wake up in our lives everyday so dont act like you do! oh and there is nothing UNNATURAL about us and no it is NOT a choice we just made one day!! I chose to be gay the same day you chose be straight!! and maybe this will make you realize something... God will judge you for hating before he judges me for loving!

I think that you said it the best! I'm not gay i'm straight but I support gay rights! its not fair that race is protected but your guys sexuality isnt. Its just not right at all.