Homophobia Costs Money

Geesh:

Discharging troops under the Pentagon’s policy on gays cost $363.8 million over 10 years, almost double what the government concluded a year ago, a private report says.

The report, to be released Tuesday by a University of California Blue Ribbon Commission, questioned the methodology the Government Accountability Office used when it estimated that the financial impact of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy was at least $190.5 million.

“It builds on the previous findings and paints a more complete picture of the costs,” said Rep. Marty Meehan, D-Mass., who has proposed legislation that would repeal the policy.

Congress approved the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy in 1993 during the Clinton administration. It allows gays and lesbians to serve in the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps as long as they abstain from homosexual activity and do not disclose their sexual orientation.

Not only was Clinton's policy morally offensive, it's lost the military thousands of good people and hundreds of millions of dollars.  There's "triangulation" for you--you fail to stand up for what's right and cause a host of other problems to boot.  Bravo.

ntodd