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dixie5150 @dixie5150 (129) • United States 17 Jan 08

There is a lot of talk about getting rid of the "don't ask don't tell" policy and allowing gays to openly serve in the military. Having grown up a military brat and been a military wife, yet having many gay friends who I think...

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dixie5150 Wow, I have to kind of disagree with you there. If it's a sin just like any other sin, will my smoking and occasional potty mouth (when the old temper hits) keep me out of heaven? I think we'll just have to agree to disagree on that one. I respect your view...

18 Jan 08

dixie5150 @dixie5150 (129) • United States 17 Jan 08

There is a lot of talk about getting rid of the "don't ask don't tell" policy and allowing gays to openly serve in the military. Having grown up a military brat and been a military wife, yet having many gay friends who I think...

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dixie5150 You'll have to excuse me, I must be reading that wrong because looking at your past posts it's clear that you believe they can be saved.

18 Jan 08

dixie5150 @dixie5150 (129) • United States 17 Jan 08

There is a lot of talk about getting rid of the "don't ask don't tell" policy and allowing gays to openly serve in the military. Having grown up a military brat and been a military wife, yet having many gay friends who I think...

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dixie5150 You have confused me. You said we're not talking about people who are saved, do you not believe that gay people can be saved? I thought you agreed that homosexuality is sin, just like any other sin?

18 Jan 08

dixie5150 @dixie5150 (129) • United States 17 Jan 08

There is a lot of talk about getting rid of the "don't ask don't tell" policy and allowing gays to openly serve in the military. Having grown up a military brat and been a military wife, yet having many gay friends who I think...

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dixie5150 There are several scriptures that make me believe all sin is a choice once you are saved. My favorite is 1Cor 10:13, He gives us a way out of all temptation. I believe we all have sin in our lives but we can't change it ourselves (John 15:5), God has to...

18 Jan 08

dixie5150 @dixie5150 (129) • United States 17 Jan 08

There is a lot of talk about getting rid of the "don't ask don't tell" policy and allowing gays to openly serve in the military. Having grown up a military brat and been a military wife, yet having many gay friends who I think...

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dixie5150 I think women can get away with a lot more then the men do. But look at you, you even say you're okay with the few gay men you know who serve. I think it's more a fear of the unknown or of the stereotype flamer. It was the same way when blacks and women were...

17 Jan 08

dixie5150 @dixie5150 (129) • United States 17 Jan 08

There is a lot of talk about getting rid of the "don't ask don't tell" policy and allowing gays to openly serve in the military. Having grown up a military brat and been a military wife, yet having many gay friends who I think...

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dixie5150 I don't have any great answeres to the problem either. The only reason I bring up the barracks issue is because everybody is so concerned anymore with being politically correct anymore that it seems like that would be an issue. You know somebody out there...

17 Jan 08

dixie5150 @dixie5150 (129) • United States 17 Jan 08

There is a lot of talk about getting rid of the "don't ask don't tell" policy and allowing gays to openly serve in the military. Having grown up a military brat and been a military wife, yet having many gay friends who I think...

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dixie5150 I thought they could get kicked out if caught in a gay bar or even kissing another man? Maybe things have changed a lot since my husband got out. And the I find it surprising that a feminine man joined and made it thru boot. I'm curious, was he just feminine...

17 Jan 08

dixie5150 @dixie5150 (129) • United States 17 Jan 08

There is a lot of talk about getting rid of the "don't ask don't tell" policy and allowing gays to openly serve in the military. Having grown up a military brat and been a military wife, yet having many gay friends who I think...

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dixie5150 Hey I like wacko pentacostal churches, you get a good workout there :)! Since I am not gay, and since many of my friends have said the same thing to me that you just did about choice, I really don't understand it. My beliefs on it being a choice is strictly...

17 Jan 08

dixie5150 @dixie5150 (129) • United States 17 Jan 08

There is a lot of talk about getting rid of the "don't ask don't tell" policy and allowing gays to openly serve in the military. Having grown up a military brat and been a military wife, yet having many gay friends who I think...

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dixie5150 I understand what you are saying, and Tee up above feels the same way about the distraction of it all. But I have to tell you, I doubt a "feminine" gay man would want to serve and I doubt they would make it thru boot, same as an overly feminine female would...

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dixie5150 @dixie5150 (129) • United States 17 Jan 08

There is a lot of talk about getting rid of the "don't ask don't tell" policy and allowing gays to openly serve in the military. Having grown up a military brat and been a military wife, yet having many gay friends who I think...

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dixie5150 As far as the women being more accepting, It's just my experience with it. I was a hairdresser for 20 years and when there was a group of women with a lesbian in the group no one was uncomfortable. But throw a gay man in a group of straight men and all of a...

17 Jan 08

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dixie5150 @dixie5150 (129) • United States 17 Jan 08

There is a lot of talk about getting rid of the "don't ask don't tell" policy and allowing gays to openly serve in the military. Having grown up a military brat and been a military wife, yet having many gay friends who I think...

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dixie5150 Wow, when did that change? I remember in the late 80's early 90's it was seperate barracks. Or is that just a bad memory on my part? Just to understand your side a little better, you have to know you are already serving with gay men who are just keeping it...

17 Jan 08

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dixie5150 @dixie5150 (129) • United States 17 Jan 08

There is a lot of talk about getting rid of the "don't ask don't tell" policy and allowing gays to openly serve in the military. Having grown up a military brat and been a military wife, yet having many gay friends who I think...

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dixie5150 I agree with most of what you are saying. I think many of us (inclucing myself) may be underestimating our military. But I still think the stereotyping of gays has to be changed before a policy change can happen. Then again maybe the change has to happen...

17 Jan 08

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