What do you think about gays and bisexuals in the armed force? For example, in Poland homosexuality has never been a reason for exemption ?

Question

For example, in Poland homosexuality has never been a reason for being exempted from military conscription. 


For example, in the early 1960s in Poland, some men pretended to be gay in order to avoid military service.

So the communist party decided that in sum it doesn't matter if the cannon fodder will be a heterosexual man or gay :-) But some soldiers didn't like it, serve along with "******" , so the then communist Polish Army doing thing a bit as Americans did once with black people, sending a solider who was queer to a kind of segregated regiments with gay and bisexual men.

.He said he had a wife whom he had known since childhood and she knew well that he is bisexual, that he likes to cuddle up to her and have children, but he prefers his buddy,

He married to a large extent to make appearances because in small towns in Poland you have to make appearances 

But in his unit, everyone knew he was bi, and they made harmless jokes about him and his buddy by comparing them to Frodo and Sam from Lord of the Rings xD

He said that as he met there in Afghanistan, an American soldier from Marines, who apparently was gay, the guy was shocked that in Poland one of the most conservative countries in Europe can serve bisexual soldiers :-)
Because in America until recently, soldiers who were gay or bisexual were dismissed from service 

Answer 1

I think I know what the issue is.

Could you imagine the embarrassment for a homophobic person if in armed conflict some soldier did a heroic act and saved his fellow soldiers or plus some citizens and later upon being honored for his bravery it is recorded in history that our gay hero saved the lives of a group of straight people. To have to acknowledge this would be embarrassing for a homophobic person.



Well here is a little acknowledge fact.

We only won WW2 thanks to a gay man. (Alan Turing) yet as I described above because of his sexuality his work to bring the Germans to their knees was not only ignored after the war, they covered it up. It was not until many many years later that the story came out yet even today some homophobic people wont acknowledge that the braking of the German enigma code machine was the turning point in the war. They dismiss it as unimportant. Unimportant. Until Turing solved the code the Germans had been able to direct troop movements yet the Allies had no idea what the orders being broadcast ment despite receiving them loud and clear.

Answer 2

THere should be no problem with gays in the military. Since they are out, there is no problem about spying and secrets and blackmailing. There is no real reason to refuse to have them in the service.

Answer 3

Gays and lesbians have always been in the armed forces, but because of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, they couldn't be open about it or out

Answer 4

There always have been gays and bisexuals in the armed forces of all nations. Most, however, are not open about it because of regulations or the reactions of others. Some armies and navies don't care as long as normal military discipline is not compromised. It is good to see that such matters are now being discussed freely and changes are made. The subject came up in The west Wing some years ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jWOamlD9_8