It’s not about waking up
An Army private is withdrawing from the military after having his nose broken for being gay. The Army apparently realizes it will have its nuts in a vice if the boy dies, so they had him sleep on a cot where his drill sergeant could keep an eye on him. That is where their concern ends, however, because the perpetrator has gotten off with a rap on the knuckles: his weekend passes have been revoked. This despite the police report that the assault was unprovoked and the offending soldier was charged with felony aggravated assault.1
The complete lack of accountability when it comes to anti-gay harassment in our armed forces is outrageous and inexcusable. How many more murders and assaults will be required to wake up Pentagon leaders?
What some people still cannot fathom is that many of the good ol' boys running the Pentagon, if not all of them, think homos deserve to have their noses broken. I'm sure there are many a religious conservative who also agree with the past Mormon sentiment that it were better a man have a millstone hung about his neck and drown in the depths of the sea than he give in to the love which dare not speak its name. In other words, faggots are better off dead. Violence against homosexuals was also advocated "to protect yourself from being seduced into a life of sin." So homosexuality is so pleasurable and tempting you have to combat its lure with violence? Sounds to me like someone has issues. It's been a few years now, but last time I heard anything on the subject, it was still being published in a widely distributed pamphlet. Someone who is more in the know might be able to shed more light on the subject.
Make no mistake. The leaders of the Pentagon are wide awake.