Comments on: Hiding – and ‘Professionalism’ http://lawdork.net/2010/02/08/hiding-and-professionalism/ Same dork, new year! Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:36:15 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Carl http://lawdork.net/2010/02/08/hiding-and-professionalism/#comment-6951 Carl Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:13:46 +0000 http://lawdork.net/?p=4734#comment-6951 If the reason for DADT is to ensure gays and lesbians serve with “quiet dignity” and “professionalism,” doesn't it follow that self-proclaimed straight soldiers are undignified and unprofessional? If the reason for DADT is to ensure gays and lesbians serve with “quiet dignity” and “professionalism,” doesn’t it follow that self-proclaimed straight soldiers are undignified and unprofessional?

]]> By: Annie http://lawdork.net/2010/02/08/hiding-and-professionalism/#comment-6950 Annie Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:43:29 +0000 http://lawdork.net/?p=4734#comment-6950 I'm straight, love my husband, love my kids. I'd always thought I was pretty 'forward-thinking', but it wasn't until I was engaged 17 years ago that it really dawned on me what it must be like to have to hide so much of the joyful parts of your life. It would rip me apart inside. The fact that so many of my gay and lesbian friends have been able to deal with this garbage astounds me, I admire their courage. At 49 I don't really want time to speed up, but I wish it were a generation from now so that our KIDS, who seem to get this, could be making (and repealing) the laws in a more empathetic and intelligent way. I’m straight, love my husband, love my kids.

I’d always thought I was pretty ‘forward-thinking’, but it wasn’t until I was engaged 17 years ago that it really dawned on me what it must be like to have to hide so much of the joyful parts of your life.

It would rip me apart inside. The fact that so many of my gay and lesbian friends have been able to deal with this garbage astounds me, I admire their courage.

At 49 I don’t really want time to speed up, but I wish it were a generation from now so that our KIDS, who seem to get this, could be making (and repealing) the laws in a more empathetic and intelligent way.

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