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I have read your article entitled SLDN Bashes Straw Man on Capitol Hill and am totally disappointed in your inability to hear what was being said by those of us that were participating in the SLDN event. One member of the panel was gay, and that person was not discharged for being gay. My personal comments focused on my knowledge of the performance and behavior of gay men in the military, both as an enlisted man serving as their peer, and as an officer serving as their superior. I am not gay. Therefore I did not have anything to conceal. My position always has been and still is: those who are qualified to serve should be permitted to serve based on performance, not sexual orientation.

Vance Coleman MG Retired Former Second Class Citizen