Letter to General Amos

Dear General Amos, As a Marine Corps veteran, let me congratulate you on your new position as the 35th Commandant of the US Marine Corps (USMC). As the commandant, it falls to you to represent all of your Marines. Though now only a few weeks into your tenure, you have not to lived up to that expectation. The USMC is an institution which values above all other traits, honor, courage, and commitment. Nowhere in the Marine Corps Hymn does it say, "Only if you're not into other dudes"; nowhere on my uniform was a label that read, "Will not fit homosexuals"; and nowhere in my General Orders did it say, "Defend only your straight brothers in arms." So, many of us are wondering why you've chosen to make the public statements that you have. During your first town hall you stated, "We recruit differently. We recruit on a warrior ethos." Being that gays will inevitably serve openly in the USMC, it shows a tremendous lack of faith in your Marines to think that the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" (DADT) will somehow change what Marines are. The USMC will continue to attract the same kind of recruit who inhabits this "warrior ethos" regardless if that recruit is gay or straight. Despite what you fear about the repeal of DADT, its repeal will not magically reverse the order of things. Warriors will not become pacifists, tops will not become bottoms, Republicans will not become Democrats, and Marines will not become hippies. Regardless of your opinions, Marines are and will still be Marines, gay or straight. Marines who are gay are just that; Marines first and anything else second. From the moment we earn our title, all Marines are green.

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