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[quote]Please don't take this the wrong way, but you saying 50% of America is deeply unsettled without proof is sounding about as plausible as 3 million fraudulent votes for Hillary Clinton.[/quote]
That was not my claim, I in fact made no such motion toward it. It was a nod to conversation in the argument prior and apparently with a quick glance of those opposed, it is approximately 46% against, 41% in favor of. This is just me tapping on [url=http://news.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/191774/disentangling-attitudes-toward-transgender-bathroom.aspx]this[/url] here because that really is not the core of my argument or what I am addressing. Even then, that number is not far off from the sample of "half" or that they specifically note "Born As". As for their motives? In some way they clearly believe it to be a compromise of themselves or something they believe in. Unsettling? Maybe, but at least in part with that in mind, given they would not feel comfortable in such a case.

[quote]Well I am glad you yourself would not judge the person. But why would she be gone? Is this because you assume she would have hormone therapy? I don't follow. [/quote]
There are a number of reasons she would be absent from duty but obviously not derelict, the most obvious being that she has at least frequent mental health appointments, appointments with command, interviews - mind you this is assuming prior regulations, which I am unsure if they still stipulate details as specific as essentially verifying she's not lying about her intent - and then less obvious, such as the mission in this case. Operations as the one nodded to here tend to remove people from serving in their role, at least temporarily, which again could be days, weeks, or months. This is also not including any presumed hormone therapy or reassignment surgery. In general it is better and less complicated to avoid these problems, among others, in the first place.

On another note I absolutely disagree it cannot somehow be both a thing people choose or in more serious cases, something that actually is theirs to own for woe and weal alike. The majority of this argument is centering on the military aspect, at least it was prior.