Survey on Gays defended by the Pentagon

In the Pentagon defends the integrity of a survey that is sent to over 400,000 members of the armed forces. The survey asked for personal opinions of the military’s “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy on gays and lesbians. The survey comes after military advocacy groups called the questionnaire “biased” and “derogatory

A dedicated group called the Servicemembers United supports gay and lesbian troops it costs $4.4 million survey the surveys design will make the Pentagon’s responsibility to subdue homophobia as part of this inevitable policy change even harder. Here is on example of the survey question is that asks how a servicemember would react if required to share a bathroom or shower with someone believed to be gay or lesbian.

Pentagon Spokesman Geoff Morrell said it’s “nonsense” to accuse the research of being biased. Geoff Morrell verbalizes that “We would not be doing as comprehensive a job as [Defense Secretary Robert Gates] had asked,” if the Pentagon didn’t explore privacy concerns. Critics on the survey has concerns on the surveys use of term such as ‘homosexual,’ which is a negative connotation than the words ‘gay’ or ‘lesbian. The comprehensive review of the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” is said to be completed by December 2010.