So generally I don’t like to take a quote from one individual and attribute it to an entire organization, but this falls right in line with my personal political agenda as well as coincides with how I view the Marine Corps, so what the hell:
From Kottke today:
The WSJ recently covered remarks made by Sgt. Maj. Micheal Barrett, the top non-commissioned officer in the Marine Corps and general all-around hardass, about gays in the military:
Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution is pretty simple, It says, ‘Raise an army.’ It says absolutely nothing about race, color, creed, sexual orientation. You all joined for a reason: to serve. To protect our nation, right? How dare we, then, exclude a group of people who want to do the same thing you do right now, something that is honorable and noble? … Get over it. We’re magnificent, we’re going to continue to be. … Let’s just move on, treat everybody with firmness, fairness, dignity, compassion and respect. Let’s be Marines.
InnerTeub 
Amen!
hellz yeah
Indeed! Goes along well with the NYT article on women in combat, where a few smart individuals noted something along the lines of “We don’t have male or female, our gender is soldier.”