Re: 'Gays in the military' [Letter, Village News, 2/18/2010]

The context of my letter of Feb. 18 referred to by Kimberly Hicks was apparently at least partly misunderstood. My purpose is to point to the near-daily publicity by gay/lesbian groups or individuals that “they are being discriminated.” That is not true; the outcry by gay groups and liberal press is/has hurt the military.

Gene Thomas Gomulka, Capt, CHG, USN (Ret) lettered recently to Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Pentagon, Washington DC, observing: “I believe you underestimate the importance of sexual privacy in the military and the effect a change in the DOD homosexual...