Evan Bayh: “This violates something fundamental in the American character.”

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.

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

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.