* Wastes the talents of critical personnel.
* Hurts unit cohesion by breaking up cohesive fighting teams (DADT was sold because it was supposed to help cohesion).
* Hurts recruitment and retention.
* Lowers quality of military personnel by kicking out gays and then having to admit felons.
* Reduces the morale of the gay troops because they must serve in dishonesty and fear.
* Hurts the readiness of gay partners (and thus the soldiers) because the military can't know about them.
* Invades the privacy of all service members by being suspicious of everyone's private lives.
* Increases harassment, which soldiers cannot safely report, and make it harder to investigate because honest information cannot be gathered.
* Embarrasses the military through bad press. They're seen as out of touch.
* Costs of hundreds of millions to replace troops, enforce the policy, and defend it in court.
* Uses up officer time in investigation and discharge of gay troops.
The policy has the opposite of the intended effect.
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