The Washington Times still isn't over the repeal of DADT:
Having openly homosexual troops will be devastating to morale in the armed forces, and in practice the new policy's implementation will lead to the establishment of a privileged homosexual protected class with ramifications that will reach beyond military service.
On this, both anti-gay rights activists and gay rights activists agree: DADT repeal will have larger ramifications that reach beyond military service. "Protected class" is actually a legal term that refers to criteria that it is illegal to discriminate against people for.
Whether discrimination based on sexual orientation will actually become illegal nationally is an open question--the Employment Non-Discrimination Act seems dead for now--but it's certainly true that the logic of denying gays and lesbians the same rights as everyone else will be made progressively weaker by their open service in the military. That's why LGBT activists fought so hard to get it done, and why those opposed to ending discrimination based on sexual orientation are so distraught by it.
