Barney Frank tells Fox News he seeks to end "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

Gay Democratic congressman Barney Frank says he has every intention of pushing for a modification of the military's antigay ''don't ask, don't tell'' policy.
"What we have is a shortfall in the military," Frank pointed out on Fox News Sunday. "I think when you have people being fired who can read Arabic and understand Arabic, because of what they do when they're off duty, that that's a grave error.''
The current policy prohibits officials from inquiring about the sex lives of service members but requires discharges of those who acknowledge being gay - as if there is something wrong with being gay. A report in 2005 by the investigative arm of Congress estimated it cost the Pentagon around $200 million to recruit and train replacements for the nearly 9,500 troops that had to leave the military because of the ban on openly gay personnel. The losses included hundreds of highly skilled troops, including translators, from 1994 to 2003.
To continue this legal form of discrimination is, in my opinion, not only bigoted, it's detrimental to the military and to the country. So why does the ban continue? Because some guys are worried about sharing a tent with a gay man or is shy about taking a shower? Get over yourselves and think about what is best for your country which needs trained military personnel more than ever now.