Evan Bayh: “I thought this was just weather as usual in Minnesota.”

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.

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

We are paying a macroeconomic price for the delay in resolving this issue.

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