That's the impression I get. As "homophobic" as I may be, even I am tired of hearing social conservatives spout off about this without caring to find out what the service-members think. Too many people have the mistaken impression that military personnel are all old-fashioned conservatives. Nonsense. If the soldiers are OK with open homo's serving with them, then I'm not sure I see a problem with it.
That being said, James Fitzer is not an army of one. His view may not be all that prevalent.
I had a lot of soldiers in my unit who made the blustery "Man, i ain't servin with no fags" type comments...
But, after leading these troops for a while, I know most of it is just that... blustery puffing-up.
I think the concerns about gays serving openly is overblown. My biggest evidence is this: They already serve, and everyone knows who the gay/lesbian soldiers in their units are.
A lot of opponents of the move say "But, now they can serve openly! They'll march in gay pride parades in uniform, and they'll dress fruity at the PX!"
Uniform regulations will still apply. You cannot demonstrate or march in uniform unless it's for a militarily sanctioned function, and you still have to dress in good taste within military guidelines.
If a soldier marches in a gay pride parade in uniform, you punish him the same as you would a soldier marching in any other partisan political rally in uniform.