Thursday, November 23, 2006

Gangs and Gays welcome in the Army now

Who's recruiting anyone and everyone now?

That would be the Army - gangs and gays welcome, wink, wink. So, is this a good thing (getting rid of discrimination), or a bad thing (not enough people to serve....here comes the draft)?
Play video here.

(CBS4) DENVER A CBS4 Investigation into recruiting by the United States Army found recruiters telling potential soldiers that it wasn't a problem if they were gay. The recruiters told people showing interest in being a soldier to keep their homosexuality to themselves.

Military policy states that if a potential service member discloses that he or she is gay, they are supposed to be immediately disqualified. "We encountered one recruiter who said 'I'll pretend I didn't hear that. Is that right?" CBS4 asked the head of Army recruiting in Denver.

"Well, if what you say is correct, that is not right." Lt. Col. Reginald Cox answered. "We don't condone that behavior at all." CBS4's undercover investigation found more than one Army recruiter who was willing to look the other way when a potential solider said they were homosexual.