AP: Defense officials say lift military ban on gays

"No matter how I look at the issue," Mullen said, "I cannot escape being troubled by the fact that we have in place a policy which forces young men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens." Noting that he was speaking for himself and not for the other service chiefs, Mullen added: "For me, it comes down to integrity — theirs as individuals and ours as an institution."

"Sexual identity" becomes paramount -- small wonder that many Catholics do not want to validate the term "homosexual," preferring instead to talk about people with SSA.