Fighting "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" From Within

Here is an interesting piece written a year or so ago by an Army officer who was at the time a West Point cadet. The essay won a contest in the Academy's English department. What I find most interesting about this essay is how logically and dispassionately he lays out the case. I think the piece could have benefitted from some discussion of the harm to readiness the ban on gay soldiers is doing to our military (55 fewer Arab translators because of who they are sexually attracted to? Ridiculous.), but overall I think Lieutenant Raggio's essay should be required reading at the Department of Defense.