[Gods_Mercenary]

The issue was never if gays could fight, to my understanding, but rather how others would be affected by having an out of closet gay in their midst. combat units live in close quarters with no privacy. In a male environment like that, whether its a football team or a ranger platoon, morale depends on a sort of trust between the individuals that their normally homophobic habits can be suspended based on the fact that their comrades are "not gay". Now, a gay man could certainly develop this sense of trust just by being respectful of his squadmates boundaries, but I could see where problems could arise. I've never questioned a gay person's ability to fight, from what I saw in the movie 300, the greatest warriors of the ancient world were all gay bodybuilders.