If Nobody Asks of Tells How Will People Know?

Yesterday I focused my research on the "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy. This policy was raised by President Bill Clinton to stop the harrassment and discharges to homosexual members of the military.  This was put into action in 1993, and stated that no man or woman could be discharged if they are gay or lesbian, however if they take part in homosexual activity then they can be discharged.  I believe that this policy seemed very fair just looking at the guidelines because now the gay men and women in the American society are allowed to fight for their country, but they cannot ask, tell, or show that they are homosexual.  This seemed like a fair compromise from before because both the gays and the people not wanting the gays to participate in the militaryget what they want.  At this point I was thinking, how will the other military officials know who is and isnt gay, this will be very productive and affective.  Contrary to my beleif this policy increased the number of discharges due to sexual orientation.  I believe that the intent of the policy was distorted, and used in the wrong way to discharge more gay and lesbian military officials.  I believe that this policy had potential to be affective, however because it was misused it became more of a threat rather than an asset.