I see nothing wrong with gays serving in the military,They are just normal people who make as good a soldier as any one else i really dont see what their sexual preference has to do with their competence as soldiers.

By comparison, 19% of the 2,337 Americans polled said gays and lesbians should be allowed to serve "only if they keep their sexual orientation a secret," and 18% said they should "not be allowed to serve in the military at all."

Gays and lesbians should be allowed to serve openly in the military 41 vote(s) 85.4% Gays and lesbians should be allowed to serve only if they keep their sexual orientation a secret 4 vote(s) 8.3% Gays and lesbians should not be allowed to serve in the military at all 0 vote(s) 0.0% Not sure 3 vote(s) 6.3%

A new poll by Fabriozio-McLaughlin finds that by a 49 to 42 percent majority, Republicans also favor the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell."

A recent CNN poll found that 79 percent of Americans believe that openly gay people should be allowed to serve in the military.

There is no legitimate reason to deny military service to anyone in the US. A citizen not only has the obligation to serve the country that provides the blanket of the very freedom under which we all rise and sleep, but should have the right to serve when he chooses.

Being homosexual or heterosexual should have no bearing on how well a service member performs his duties.

And there is no basis, either legally or morally, to make gay people into second class citizens with less rights than straight people have.

If a gay person wishes to serve his or her country, why would that service not be valued?

Mullen said he knows many will disagree about abandoning the "don't ask, don't tell" policy and said there are practical obstacles to lifting the 1993 ban. But he said he thinks the military can handle it.

The military's top uniformed officer declared Tuesday that gays should be allowed to serve openly in uniform, arguing that it is "the right thing to do."

As a squadron skipper I dealt with a number of sexual misconduct and fraternization cases, all of which involved inappropriate relationships between heterosexual members under my command. Some were minor, others more serious, but I dealt with them as skippers have long dealt with disciplinary matters.

There are thousands of straight service members (including some unit commanders) who know or strongly suspect that a shipmate or platoon mate is gay, yet they choose to remain silent and ignore the policy in order to protect their brother- or sister-in-arms

A felon in the ranks could be tolerated, apparently, but not an openly gay man or woman.

It's about what you do, not who you are.

No American should be denied the right to wear the uniform of this country simply because he or she is gay.

A Pew survey released Monday indicated that a majority of Americans say they favor allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the armed forces.

According to the poll, 58 percent of the public approves of allowing homosexuals to serve openly, with 27 percent saying they are opposed.

But the report also points out that different moral values and religious convictions already exist inside the U.S. military and that while chaplains and others won't be required to change their personal views and beliefs, they must respect and serve others.

The authors said they did hear a large number of religious and morally based objections to homosexuality.

The authors said they did hear a large number of religious and morally based objections to homosexuality.

But others say E. coli is hard to remove once it has contaminated produce, such as spinach, lettuce, or onions. The solution, they say, is to take more steps so that E. coli doesn't come in contact with crops.

Heat can kill E. coli, so experts recommend that people cook beef (especially ground beef) until it is cooked through and no longer pink. Choosing pasteurized juice is another way to avoid possible infection.

undercooked ground beef (used for hamburgers) vegetables grown in cow manure or washed in contaminated water fruit juice that isn't pasteurized (pasteurization is a process that uses heat to kill germs)

E. coli can be passed from person to person, but serious E. coli infection is more often linked to food containing the bacteria. The person eats the contaminated food and gets sick.

E. coli normally lives inside your intestines, where it helps your body break down and digest the food you eat. Unfortunately, certain types (called strains) of E. coli can get from the intestines into the blood. This is a rare illness, but it can cause a very serious infection

The CDC has estimated that 83% of E. coli O157:H7 infections are food borne in origin

Fruit that comes in contact with animal, especially cattle, feces, (as might happen if fruit has fallen and is harvested/picked from/off the ground), can also transmit the illness.

The announcement came after health officials in several states, who were investigating reports of E. coli O157 illnesses, found that many ill persons had consumed the same brand of frozen ground beef patties.

Meat typically becomes contaminated with E. coli during the slaughtering process, when the contents of an animal’s intestines and feces are allowed to come into contact with the carcass. Unless the carcass is properly sanitized, the E. coli bacteria are mixed into the meat as it is ground

E. coli O157:H7 bacteria and other pathogenic E. coli is believed to mostly live in the intestines of cattle (Elder, et al., 2000) but has also been found in the intestines of chickens, deer, sheep, and pigs.

Human or animal feces infected with E. coli sometimes get into lakes, pools, and water supplies. People can become infected when a contaminated city or town water supply has not been properly treated with chlorine or when people accidentally swallow contaminated water while swimming in a lake, pool, or irrigation canal.

The bacteria can also spread from one person to another, usually when an infected person does not wash his or her hands well after a bowel movement. E. coli can spread from an infected person's hands to other people or to objects.

If the infected meat is not cooked to 160°F (71°C), the bacteria can survive and infect you when you eat the meat. This is the most common way people in the United States become infected with E. coli. Any food that has been in contact with raw meat can also become infected.

E. coli can get into meat during processing.

Some strains of E. coli bacteria (such as a strain called O157:H7) may also cause severe anemia or kidney failure, which can lead to death.

In the aftermath, most of the major fast food chains have dropped their use of lean finely textured beef. And, at last count, the number of pounds of lean finely textured beef in the USDA’s National School Lunch Program was down 95 percent. Before the pink slime issue exploded last spring, schools were serving up about 7 million pounds of the product per year.

ut new government data show schools in four more states have since put aside concerns and resumed buying the controversial product.

So would Marion Nestle, as a dietician, as one of America’s most important critics of dietary policy, advocate for local eating? “Absolutely.”

obviously fresher foods that are grown on better soils are going to have more nutrients. But people are not nutrient-deprived.

100-mile diet — even in winter — was almost certainly more nutritious than what the average American was eating. That doesn’t mean it is necessary to eat locally in order to be healthy.

Food begins to lose nutrition as soon as it is harvested. Fruit and vegetables that travel shorter distances are therefore likely to be closer to a maximum of nutrition. “