christiefan915
Catalyst
If they were to confer benefits to straight couples and not married couples that would reek of discrimination. And there currently ARE gay married couples (those who got married before prop 8 passed for example). IF DADT was removed, they would have to be given the same benefits. I'm not against that, I'm just saying that's the reality.
But it seems the number of gay couples in the military would be orders of magnitude smaller than straight couples. Let's say 10% of the general population is gay (although I think that number is high), how many of the 10% would join the military and of that number, how many would marry? And even if the answer is "all of them", how many of them would make a career out of the military, and expect a lifetime of benefits?
I know you're not against this but I wonder if the Pentagon could seriously use that as an excuse.