If you haven’t seen it yet, Senator Brian Schatz has introduced a bill that would ensure that gay veterans who were discharged because of their sexual orientation would receive the designation of “honorable” on their discharge records.  There are probably a lot of people thinking to themselves that this law isn’t needed, that veterans who received a “general”, "other than honorable", or "dishonorable" discharge due to their sexual orientation can simply apply through an administrative process to change their discharge designation. However, having met gay veterans who were discharged because of their sexual orientation, and who have still not been able to change their discharge designation to honorable, I assure you that bureaucratic administrative processes are anything but simple and efficient. These men and women who served our country honorably, deserve to have their service recognized as such.