It's time to end "don't ask, don't tell"

Where do I come down on this issue? It’s easy. I’m a libertarian, not a conservative. I don’t think government should have any role in our sex lives.

Just as I see no reason why gays should not be free to marry, I see no reason why they shouldn’t be free to be in the military. As I wrote in the conclusion to “Myths, Lies, and Downright Stupidity”: “I want government to leave people alone. I think people should be free to do anything they want — as long as they don’t hurt anyone else. I may disagree with their choices, but I don’t think The State should take their choices away.”

I draw my inspiration from Nobel laureate F.A. Hayek. He wrote a postscript to his classic, “The Constitution of Liberty,” titled, “Why I Am Not a Conservative,” in which he said, “One of the fundamental traits of the conservative attitude is a fear of change, a timid distrust of the new as such, while the liberal (today I call it “libertarian”) position is based on courage … to let change run its course even if we cannot predict where it will lead … .”