New US Army Division: The Fightin’ Hermaphrodites

Given that homosexuals are permitted to serve in the armed forces of, I think, every NATO country bar Turkey and the United States and that none of these countries have reported any great difficulty as a consequence of ending this discrimination, it’s hard to see how lifting the ban on gays serving in the military can really destroy the United States military. For that matter, in the draft era, thousands of gay men obviously served in the army and, as best I can recall, this didn’t have any significant operational impact.

Still, it’s grimly amusing seeing what excuses the opponents – including a flip-flopping John McCain – can come up with to justify the ban on homosexuals. California’s Duncan Hunter may win the prize for raising the dreadful spectre of hermaphrodites serving Uncle Same:

“That’s going to be part of this whole thing,” he tells NPR. “It’s not just gays and lesbians.