We’re in desperate need of Arabic translators in our military and intelligence services.

But only if they’re straight. Think about this for a minute: additional Arabic expertise could very well save lives in Iraq and elsewhere. Better intelligence analysis pre-9/11 could have given us critical and disaster-averting data. We’ve got people trained at the Defense Language Institute (viewed by many as the best language school in the world) who want to serve their country in this capacity.

But in the last 2 years, DOD has discharged 37 linguists from DLI for being gay at a time when we need precisely those skills. Damn, that is seriously fucked up.