The West Wing 1.19

Major Tate : "Sir, we're not prejudiced toward homosexuals."
Fitz : "You just don't want to see them serving in the Armed Forces ?"
Major Tate : "No, sir, I don't."
Fitz : "'Cause they impose a threat to unit discipline and cohesion."
Major Tate : "Yes, sir."
Fitz : "That's what I think, too. I also think the military wasn't designed to be an instrument of social change."
Major Tate : "Yes, sir."
Fitz : "The problem with that is, that's what they were saying to me fifty years ago. "Blacks shouldn't serve with whites. It would disrupt the unit." You know what ? It did disrupt the unit. The unit got over it. The unit changed. I'm an admiral in the U.S. Navy and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff... beat that with a stick."