Don't ask, don't tell, don't watch...WTH???

If you want my opinion (which you must, that's why you're here *wink*) the whole "Don't Ask/Don't Tell" thing was among the more insane laws put into effect. And yes, I know which President put it into effect, I voted for him. But as I recall he was fighting congress on the issue homosexuality and service to our country (you know, The Land of the Free, and the Home of the Brave) are incompatible. This was following a hate crime in which a young man was beaten to death. Here's a Wiki-refresher:

Airman Apprentice Terry M. Helvey, who was a member of the ship's weather department (OA Division, Operations Department), stomped [Allen] Schindler to death in a toilet in a park in Sasebo, Nagasaki. Schindler had "at least four fatal injuries to the head, chest, and abdomen," his head was crushed, ribs broken, and his penis cut, and he had "sneaker-tread marks stamped on his forehead and chest" destroying "every organ in his body" Schindler was left lying on the bathroom floor until the Shore Patrol and the key witness to the incident carried out Schindler's body to the nearby Albuquerque Bridge. leaving behind a "nearly-unrecognizable corpse."

So this young man was murdered in the service of a country that ABUSES it's freedoms on one hand and cherishes them on another. So all that time, it was dishonorable to feel same sex love (as opposed to some of the heteros that took such pleasure in  the Abu Gharib prison torture. Does that fall under DADT if it's a hetero American soldier ordering sex acts as a means of torture and humiliation.). I'm not sure that's what our forefathers had in mind. So with all of this freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of press blah blah blah, it's always been okay to slander our President with outrageous claims but you can't tell your sexual orientation. That's so stupid. So I have to reason that the idea came from Stupid People..

What set me off on this today? I missed the men's short program in figure skating on Tuesday and I got to see Evan Lysacek's Silver Medal performance but with Scott Hamilton I'm lost. I was looking for it WITH the commentary which usually explains the costume's relation to the music. I didn't recognize the music and still looking for Scott (I love him, he doesn't talk too much). So, not knowing why Evan chose to wear an outfit that looked like a cross between Jack Skellington and Bea Arthur's Maude days, I found a sports page. Talking about how gay he is and that his girlfriend is just a front. How all the gay skaters who had to stay in the closet are rejoicing in his pain of unrequited "outness". They talked about Johnny Weir, and also talked about the little known gayness of GW Bush (Laura was a front) and John McCain (Cindy was bashed on several levels, but nothing I haven't thought of myself.) But my question is this... I realize that some men are all physically painful, rough and tumble, dog fighting, sports fans. I myself, enjoy men with more refinement and education. But if the beauty of figure skating is lost on you and you somehow fear the gay cooties will jump through the TV and infect you, why are you watching it? And who cares about sexual preference? I literally saw commentators SAY they were pulling for other countries whose skaters didn't set off their gaydar. What is that? The UNreal Americans that Palin spoke of in Virginia? Joe the Sportscaster? I think this country is regressing.

*Update: Weir skated the best I've ever seen him do and he was robbed.