Marine Maj. Darrel Choat, shown in this August 2008 photograph with President George W. Bush, has come out as an openly gay service member since the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell." Photo courtesy Maj. Darrel Choat / MCT
Impact Of Ending Military's 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Law 'Negligible' -- McClatchy News
WASHINGTON — For 13 years, Marine Maj. Darrel Choat didn't tell. That meant 13 years of demurring when the wives of fellow officers tried to set him up with women they knew. It meant sneaking away to attend the funeral of a friend who'd died of AIDS. It meant staying silent when fellow Marines ranted about "fags."
Then, last September, came the repeal of the law that had allowed Choat to serve his country as a gay man as long as he was quiet about it.
On Sept. 20, 2011, "as a Marine, I reclaimed the honor and integrity that I had as a civilian in September 1997," he wrote in a book that Marine Corps University Press is publishing this month, seven months after the "don't ask, don't tell" policy was formally repealed.
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My Comment: What's my take .... we have bigger problems than being focused on who is gay (and who is not) in the military.
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