topic 2.1: Royal Navy to promote gay rights

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/4282175.stm
Royal Navy to promote gay rights

The Royal Navy has become the first section of the British armed forces to join a scheme protecting gay rights. It has signed equal rights charity to promote fair treatment of lesbian, gay or bisexual recruits. It is expected to take effect later this year. The reason for this promotioning is because the UK forces can't miss out any good recruits on prejudice any longer. Gay people have only been permitted to the UK forces since 2000.

I think this is a good step in the right direction. I mean, in what time do we live to still be prejudiced by sexuality? In the UK, where so many 'sorts' of people live and work together without hardly any problems, it should be no problem to work with gay people for the UK forces as well. I am quite surprised to read that gay persons have only been allowed in those forces since 2000. Then again, I can understand that this Programme to promote gay rights hasn't been signed straight away in 2000 too. I can imagine that this is something to get used to, to take it one step at a time. But on the other hand, why not underline your statement to allow gay people into the UK forces by signing the Programme? I guess it has something to do with the proud of those (bosses if those) forces and the overall view people have of the forces. I say, if one force signs it, all forces should.