NH-Gov: Karen Testerman's Cornerstone on DADT

by: Dean Barker

Wed Feb 03, 2010 at 21:51:54 PM EST

Back in the day, Ms. Testerman was head of Cornerstone Policy Research, which opposed the current, discriminatory Don't Ask, Don't Tell military policy.  Opposed it not for going not far enough, but for going too far.

Here are some statements from Cornerstone's document (click on the .pdf at the link) on "Gays in the Military":

The presence of homosexuals in the armed services threatens the military's highly regarded merit-based system.  Sexual attraction encourages special relationships without regard to rank and increases the risk of favoritism.

Military men and women willingly accept risks not found anywhere else in society, but should they be needlessly exposed to a disease that is 100 percent fatal?

Other behavior that harms military effectiveness, such as drug abuse and sexual harrassment, is not tolerated in private; there is no reason why homosexuality should be dealt with differently.