I pray fervently and always that the armed forces dedicate themselves ever more fervently to full equality. I can no more determine Lt. Berry's conscience than can his commanding general. Nor can I determine whether this woman or that man is an occasion of temptation or sin in a given set of circumstances. Nor am I interested in trying to do either. My interest is in respect for the human conscience.
Every military officer takes that same oath.
I suspect that I would feel instantly at home once again in a pitching, tossing ship at sea, in a hole in the ground with the United States Marines. Then I would know that I had lost the armed forces that I had loved and served for so long.