Grey's Anatomy -- My Soapbox

Grey's Anatomy is my favorite show. Now it's going to have to struggle to keep my loyalty.

Let's start here.

I was very very shocked to see them put one of the gay lovers in a no-kidding Army uniform, complete with 2nd Infantry Division unit patch and combat patch (by the way, since there's a brigade of the 2d ID assigned at Ft. Lewis up the road from the fictitious "Seattle Grace Hospital").

The other soldier is a patient preparing to undergo a radical brain tumor treatment, and he isn't in uniform during the episode.

The two share a steamy kiss, which has received all sorts of press already. Let me honest here, homosexual situations in movies, on television, in my life, really truly don't bug me. One of my favorite shows, Six Feet Under on HBO, had one of the best gay characters on television and it was fascinating to see the character develop. I have several friends/colleagues in my personal and (civilian) professional life who are homosexual and it's fine.

I don't judge what's out there, whether I agree with it or not. We'll leave it at that.

But to have that guy in a real-looking Army uniform performing homosexual acts gives a very awkward perception to viewers. I don't agree with that and I was not pleased with seeing that on TV. Homosexual conduct is deemed incompatible with military service. It's the law. ABC should not have put it's spin on their opinions of the matter when we're a nation at war. I don't know whether it's really happening in the military now, and if it was happening in my unit/workspace I'd have to take appropriate actions on it. ABC should have left the uniform out of it. Really.

And I'm not the only one with reactions to this. Yes, even an hour after it happened!

I hope AFCYBER don't come after me for saying these things. I don't think I've done anything wrong.