Will sensitivity training help Marines adapt to homosexuals openly serving without affecting combat proficiency?

I must say, I am still in shock that your brothers and sisters admitting that they attracted to a person of the same sex may change your overall opinion of them and make you or them uncomfortable to serve alongside of. People are starting to request for transfers or to be separated from this said person because of who they love.
First off, don't we all go through the same training, the same rigorous training?
Don't we all bleed the same color and we all are raised in the same aspect of hoping we succeed in life?

Why, all of a sudden, does it change the persons entire persona and allow others to criticize or mock their way of life?
Personally, I have had many friends that were homosexuals. Some that I have served with, yes. Many of them are still my very close friends to this day.

If the Military and Military members would stop degrading persons with a different love interest and just keep their noses clean, we wouldn't have to discuss this nor would any homosexual service member feel the need to hide or feel ashamed.
If you don't want to know the answer or if you don't agree with it, why ask?

Sounds to me like another power point presentation the military is going to use to CYA. Just like SHARP, EO, Suicide, etc. etc. After the training is over, if an incident occurs, they can say they trained maries on how to be sensitive to certain issues. Power point presentations don't fix nurtured dislike of homosexuality nor do they fix racism. They also don't prevent suicide, sexual assault, or harassment. That graph circling around about 80% of our jobs being classes on these type of issues is becoming more and more true.

CPT Jack Durish Acceptance of homosexuals varies widely in society. While military members may be less apt to voice an opinion about it one way or another, a person's own preconceived notions and ideas are going to have more to do with whether they adapt to serving with an openly homosexual person than any training the military uses.

When you go to a job interview, it's about job ability and performance.

Fuck sensitivity. If you can't handle some comments, how can you handle watching my back in a firefight?

I don't care what your sexual preference is, I care about your ability to kick ass as a Marine.

I'm old school. As long as the person doesn't broadcast they are light in the loafers, they are o.k.. Just don't try to be overly friendly.

Homosexuals and heterosexuals have been serving alongside each other just fine since 1775. I'm sure the sky isn't falling...

No it may help somewhat but you are going to have issues with 18 & 19 year old Marines. It was an issue when I served and it still is.. We may have come a long way but not sure the Marines will not have issues in this area...just one old man's opinion

Individuals join the Marine Corps, the Marine Corps doesn't join them. Marines are taught to treat one another with professionalism, an environment fostered by NCO's, SNCO's and Officers, but of course this doesn't always occur. But who are we kidding, some people don't like other people, and this dislike can come from many different directions. "Sensitivity Training", nonsense, ranks right up there that, "total quality leadership", crap they were spouting before I retired, as if the leadership we had been practicing lacked quality. As leaders create, and maintain, a professional environment, your Marines will follow.

This is the new, kind and sensitive Marine corps ooh rah

The only disappointment I find is that this was ever necessary at all. I was taught that everyone was a Marine first. That's it, black, white, red, brown, green, blue, gay, straight, jew, muslim, male, female, anything. The fact that my fellow Marines ever cared about someones sexual identity means someone along the way failed to instill the proper sense of camaraderie.