Who's asking? Who cares?

"Don't ask, don't tell" was implemented in 1993 by President Bill Clinton ands members of Congress. It was meant as a conter-measure to a directive under President Ronald Reagan that deemed homosexuality "incompatible with military service."

An article on cnn.com reports a temporary halt to the enforcement of DADT as ordered by a federal court. This halt means the policy is still in effect and may be enforced.

While both sides of the argument praise and condemn the measure and remain polarized by the issue of gays serving in the military. Somehow, who someone is attracted to is going to affect the way they can carry out their duty.

Answer this: Are you married or dating someone? How did that happen? Did you wake up one day and decide you were going to be attracted to a specific gender. Did you walk into a bar or down the hall at school, look around and say, "I think I will be attracted to that one."

No. You didn't. It just happened.

Take the argument a step further. Is someone a better fit for a job because they are single? Married? Dating? Dating someone of the same gender? I sincerely doubt that. There are gays all over the world. Some are succesful businesspeople just like heterosexuals. Others are people who have dropped out of high school just like heterosexuals.

If someone is coming under attack and they are being helped, the last thing on the mind of the rescued is, "Are they gay or straight?" No one cares. There are no bigots under attack just as there are no atheists in foxholes.

it is totally ignorant to think that someone can control who they are attracted to. It is just as ignorant to deny that same person a job or a chance to serve their country because some people want to think there is something wrong with someone else because they have a different romantic lifestyle.

The military is committed to recruiting and retaining soldiers and sailors who will not "create an unacceptable risk to the high standards of morale, good order and discipline, and unit cohesion that are the essence of military capability."

Does anyone want to ask Hilary Clinton or Monica Lewinsky about such a standard?