"I can say this, when (and I do think it is when, not if) homosexuals are allowed to serve openly in the military, military service will NOT be a career I will urge my sons or daughters to pursue."
Well, it's that or flipping burgers. Unless they're being 'Christian' just to please you (after all, you personally can't 'hoemskule' them, and keep them indoors for ever), until they leave college (whereupon they're sufficiently educated enough to get a decent career) and make their own way in the world - and then tell you to go fuck yourself and the religious horse you rode in on.
"There are millions more like me too, as the lion’s share of military personnel come from the most socially conservative parts of the country (read, “the South.”)"
And millions of opportunities for kids to tell their religious freak parents to go fuck themselves. Your point?
"When the military gets dominated by sexual perverts, who will defend us?"
Look, why not just admit you haven't got the cojones to join up yourself? Like the millions of other 'Armchair Generals' like you who come from the most socially conservative parts of the country (read, “the South.”), amirite?
The very fact you're not Tweeting this from the queue of thousands, if not millions like you outside that US Armed Forces recruitment office proves that.
Unless you'd like to prove me wrong, that is. Go on, join the Marines (your best bet for being sent to Afghanistan, with all those lovely Taliban to shoot at; but remember, they can shoot back: AK-47s, RPGs etc, and IEDs...!).
>:D