Don't Ask Don't Tell

Don't Ask Don't Tell

Don’t ask, Don’t the Policy in the military
March 15, 2010
Michael Boone
BMGT 496 Business Ethics
Gladis C Griffith

Should the military continue the use of their Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Policy? Is this creating or endangering soldiers that have a different sexual preference than other? Don’t ask, Don’t tell or DADT is the common term for the policy restricting the United States military from efforts to discover or reveal closeted gay, lesbian, and bisexual service members or applicants, while barring those that are openly gay, lesbian, or bisexual from military service. The restrictions are mandated by federal law. The policy was introduce in 1993 by ex president Bill Clinton who promise to allowed any citizen to serve openly in the military regardless of their sexual orientation. Over the year people have had difference of opinion on regards to this policy, some think that this is reprimanded to the way our military is looked at and others think is a form of expression of our right and freedom.
As the debate reignites on DADT, it is necessary to consider whether homosexuality is a choice. Traditionally, courts have protected immutable characteristics, and Americans at large are demonstrably more accepting of characteristics that an individual cannot change. Contrasting this, many opponents of lifting the ban assume that homosexuality is a choice and use this as the basis of many arguments. Unfortunately, research has not yet yielded a definitive answer to this question. Both sides of the debate are armed with ultimately inconclusive scientific studies. What follows is a brief overview of several studies that have attempted to settle the dispute.Military life in its self is hard; hiding a personal sexual orientation could implement higher stress levels in service members.   Hiding or pretending to be someone rather than once self can have an emotional toll on an individual, that in turn can lead to medical problems and sometimes death. Since