RE: The Last Movie You Watched
September 16, 2023 at 9:52 am
(This post was last modified: September 16, 2023 at 10:27 am by Fake Messiah.)
(September 15, 2023 at 4:47 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: It would get you booted out of the USN when I was on active duty. "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" changed that but after my time. ('69-'89)
Quote:"Don't ask, don't tell" was the official United States policy on military service of non-heterosexual people, instituted during the Clinton administration. The policy was issued under Department of Defense Directive 1304.26 on December 21, 1993, and was in effect from February 28, 1994, until September 20, 2011. Wikipedia
Date: February 28, 1994 – September 20, 2011
Outcome: Service by gays, bisexuals, and lesbians in the military
Oh yeah, I forgot about the "Don't ask don't tell policy", and when I said "Hair" I meant "Big Wednesday" movie. In BW there is a scene where a group of friends go to the drafting board to dodge the draft. One of them pretends to be gay and the draft sergeant tells him that he will love it in the Army because there are lots of men and they get really close in foxholes and tanks and combat. After which they take him in the Marines. But I rewatched the scene and his friends said that he "cracked", so I guess they figured he was not really gay.
Interestingly, another character pretends to be a Nazi and doesn't pass the draft, so maybe there will be a comedy about two guys who are pretending to be Nazis to avoid going to Vietnam War.
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