You won't be able to get out of serving by telling them you're bi no matter what happens, methinks. If the military reinstates any kind of draft, that sort of discrimination will go straight out the window. The answer to, "But I'm gay/bi/lesbian" will likely be "Shut up and get in line. NOW, KID."[1] You think they'd make it that easy to avoid getting drafted?
Continued discrimination against G/L/B folk was something the military could afford in the 80s and 90s in the face of increasing tolerance of such people in the civilian world because (1) we had an all-volunteer force and (2) the military had a decreasing need for manpower. The military will find that they can't afford that kind of discrimination anymore if our misadventure in Iraq drags on to the point where they feel they need any kind of draft.
This is particularly true for a skills-based draft centered on those with computer experience. The DoD knows damned well that a nontrivial percentage of the most skilled IT professionals out there are non-heterosexual, and that closing off that pool of talent would be like shooting themselves in the foot.
[1]To be read in the appropriate Arlo Guthrie tone of voice....
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Continued discrimination against G/L/B folk was something the military could afford in the 80s and 90s in the face of increasing tolerance of such people in the civilian world because (1) we had an all-volunteer force and (2) the military had a decreasing need for manpower. The military will find that they can't afford that kind of discrimination anymore if our misadventure in Iraq drags on to the point where they feel they need any kind of draft.
This is particularly true for a skills-based draft centered on those with computer experience. The DoD knows damned well that a nontrivial percentage of the most skilled IT professionals out there are non-heterosexual, and that closing off that pool of talent would be like shooting themselves in the foot.
[1]To be read in the appropriate Arlo Guthrie tone of voice....