Both the U.S. House and the Senate will hold hearings on homosexuals serving in the military.
Senate Armed Services Chairman Carl Levin is scheduled to hold a hearing tomorrow.
Rep. Susan Davis, D-Calif., said her subcommittee will hold a hearing on the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy on March 3.
Congress passed a law in 1993 banning homosexuals from serving in the military. That same year, President Clinton implemented the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy, which means personnel cannot ask about sexual orientation and allows homosexuals to serve in the military as long as they don't announce their sexual orientation on their military eligibility forms.
President Obama has made it clear he wants to change the laws so gay people can serve openly in the military.
Retired Air Force Col. Bill Spencer said the law is working and should be left alone.
"It's not really about sexual orientation," he said. "It is about mission orientation. It's about putting the mission first ahead of self.
Retired Army Lt. Col. Robert Maginnis said the country doesn't need any more contentious debates right now. Having homosexuals serve openly in the military, he said, would bring more social policy problems to people defending our country.
"We'd have to open up the floodgates to homosexual marriage in the military and use of family quarters," he said.
