The Current Events Thread (prototype)

I've never really written periodicals.
An attemp.

"Don't Ask and Don't Tell, Because Who Cares?"
If you're gay -just be gay.

When asked to fill standard application forms for a job, one fills out the prevalent information -name, DOB, gender, ethnicity, etc.
It is unusual to question sexual preference.
So why do gay rights activist insist on homosexuals be granted their right to be open about their sexuality?
Like any other company, the United States military is a job -a duty, where sexuality is not relevant to the soldier. Heterosexuals do not go around parading their sexual preference, why must the gay community be so persistent to be known as "different" in trying to not be different at all?
The article on the FOX news site regarding this "Don't ask, don't tell law" originally instated during the Clinton years (1993)states that the law "was intended as a compromise to get around a full ban on gay military service. Gay right leaders, however, have said it is an insult."
Is it? Or is it fair?
Homosexuals are not being discriminated against nor persecuted. They are just limited to the kind of information they can disclose.
Like an employee of Area 51 -they are not allowed to release any information about what goes on at work, homosexuals are not allowed to discuss what goes on out of work.
But more importantly, why is this one of CNN's top stories? Why are we dealing with "can homosexuals be open about their sexuality in the military" over "what the $^@% is going on with our military"?