Evan Bayh: “If it is the former, we can ratchet up economic, financial, diplomatic, cultural, all sorts of pressure.”

In all likelihood there were gay Americans serving at Valley Forge, there were gay Americans at Gettysburg, there were gay Americans on Normandy Beach, there are gay Americans serving in Iraq and Afghanistan today.

If there are Americans who are willing to lay down their lives for our country and make that kind of sacrifice, and we can enable them to be that kind of patriot without harming our national security, not only is it better for them, it is…

This is outrageous. How can this possibly happen?

It's time now to allow men and women to serve their country and to do so without having to conceal their sexual orientation.