CHARLES ON...

Last week, America suffered a great loss as a United States soldier turned against our country by opening fire at Fort Hood killing many and injuring so many more.  Gays can't serve in the military, but terrorists can?  That doesn't make much sense, does it?

As it turns out, Nidal Malik Hasan was e-mailing with terrorists and the US government might have known about it all along without doing anything.  However, if a gay man e-mails his boyfriend - he'll get discharged.  Does that sound fair to you?

When was the last time you heard about a gay man going nuts and raping or sexually torturing his fellow troops?  You've never heard that, because it has never happened.

Maybe if Barack Obama would keep his campaign promise to repeal the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy then the government could spend more time trying to prevent people like Hasan from turning against our troops from within.  I'm just saying!

["Charles On" is a nationally syndicated editorial piece by Charles Winters.  Winters currently serves as the Editorial Director at GaySocialites.com, an online magazine he co-founded in 2004.  For more information on running the "Charles On" editorial in your publication, just e-mail charles@gaysocialites.com.]