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Originally Posted by DrPhil
If DADT is repealed but homosexuals still have to refrain from being comfortable with their sexual orientation, it's the same outcome as keeping DADT. It's just like de jure and de facto segregation, the laws don't change behaviors and outcomes.
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Originally Posted by DrPhil
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I don't think so. My point was that just because they may not be completely comfortable talking about their sexual orientation with every person they work with, the change in the law will change the outcome. They no longer fear for losing their jobs. That is huge since as a major employer, the military was one of the few employers allowed to discriminate based on sexual orientation. Bigoted co-workers could hold your sexual orientation over your head as a reason for dismissal. That will no longer be allowed. How is that not a change in outcomes? Work isn't about your sexual orientation, and I think that gay service members just want an opportunity to do their work without everyone acting like they can't do their jobs without their sexual orientations interfering. At least that is what my friends have told me.