Gays in the Military ...CNN Anderson Cooper's Heated Debate!

I DONT GET WHAT THE BIG DEAL IS, IF GAYS WANT TO RISK THERE LIVES AND PROTECT OUR FREEDOM WHAT IS THE BIG F*&^*( DEAL? I THOUGHT THIS WAS A FREE COUNTRY AND EVERYONE IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE EQUAL RIGHTS...But yet gays are still being treated as degenerates and subjected to in equality all over the usa....SMH!