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Yeah, I knew when I used the word "valid" it would illicit a response like this. The thing is, whether troop morale would be affected for "valid" reasons or not is not as important an issue as whether it would be affected at all. The military is different than other jobs. I don't live with my coworkers (much to their relief I'm sure).
The military was the only "job" I ever had as an adult. I did live with my coworkers, once for more than 9 months on a carrier. A couple of the women I lived with were openly gay. I know exactly what it is like to have openly gay personnel in my department. We did not allow anyone in our department to openly practice intolerance or discrimination. My department officers fought hard to try to keep in two guys that were put out under DADT, because we were already shorthanded (as always) and they were really good workers.