Radio Netherlands Worldwide

In analyzing the fairness of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, I'm reminded of what I learned in my feminist theology classes. To analyze whether a particular text was biased against women, one of the tools we used was to reverse the gender roles in the story. If the story still made sense, it was gender neutral. If it sounded absurd, there was gender bias. Similarly, I think you can really see how discriminatory this policy is by reversing the policy. If everyone in the military was assumed to be gay and dishonorably discharged if they were found to be straight, it's immediately apparent that the policy is unreasonable. The arguments put forth about unit cohesion are an attempt to legitimize discrimination and do not have merit.