FYI:
70 percent of American adults who support allowing gay service members to serve openly includes majorities among some rather unlikely demographic subsets: 53 percent of conservatives, 57 percent of regular churchgoers, 60 percent of Republicans.

(Source)

Having homosexuals in the military is really not the problem.

It's the special recognition that is expected.

When you sign-up to serve the military, you sign yourself away. 

When you show up to boot-camp...those cute Tazmanian Devil boxer shorts?  Gone.

Military issue tighty-whities all the way till you chapter out.

Man!  That's gay!