Which is the Gay One?

http://blogs.trb.com/news/opinion/chanlowe/blog/2009/04/military_gays_gay.html

This is a political cartoon  done by Chan Lowe, who has been the editorial cartoonist for the Sun Sentinel for over twenty six years. He has created many political cartoons. This political cartoon was drawn because of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Act, which was a very controversial topic when it was created.  There are three box like shapes that is covered with the american flag, and because it was drawn in the context of the military, I made the assumption that the boxes are used to symbolize coffins. Lowe makes the point that there is no distinction between any other soldier. All soldiers, regardless of whether they are gay or not, it should not make a difference whether one may or may not be in the military.
The cartoonist decided to explain with a short excerpt. He says that it does not matter whether or not they try to pass this because they try to expose and remove the gay soldiers anyway. He also puts the argument that Alexander the Great was also gay, and he was one of the best commanders in the world. Therefore there is nothing that changes the fact that a soldier is a soldier, and that gay and normal people does not differentiate if one is a good soldier.
The boxes are used to show coffins, and the cover is used to reference America, and the final context at the bottom shows that it is referring to the don't ask don't tell act. The combination together explains the purpose of the political cartoon. He made every single box the same in order to get the point, which is that there really is no distinction between boxes, across clearly.  It is a bit outdated because the Don't Ask, Don't Tell, is from around 2009, not 2012. However, it is still a great example of visual rhetoric