We're #1!

Maybe we should call it the "Don't Ask; Don't Tell; Don't Show Me" State.

Missouri's very own Fort Leonard Wood tops the list:

An Army base in Missouri used the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy to kick
out more soldiers than any other military installation last year, followed by an
Army base on the Kentucky-Tennessee border and a naval base in Virginia.

Sixty people were dismissed last year from Fort Leonard Wood, according to Defense Department documents shared with The Associated Press by the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network. That was up from 40 discharges under the policy from the training facility in 2004.

Clearly, "Don't Ask; Don't Tell" isn't going anywhere anytime soon. So I have a suggestion.

Make it apply to heterosexual soldiers as well. No talking about your wife or girlfriend. No mentioning the singles bar you went to on your last night off. No casual glances at titties passing by. No wearing your wedding ring. No pics of the family on your desk. No reading love letters from wifey to your buddies.

If there's no room for acknowledging one's own sexuality in the military, then there's no room for acknowledging one's own sexuality in the military. Make it an equal-opportunity policy of discrimination (if that's possible).

THEN we'll see how long it remains in place.