Evan Bayh: “I think at the end of the day, the truth is, but a lot of people aren't willing to say it, that they are willing to…”

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.

I believe is discriminatory. Times have changed since then and it seems to me we should respond to those changes, changes in the attitude of our people, the acceptance of gay and lesbian people in the workplace.

Our national security has not been harmed by the integration of the Armed Forces.

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