I think what the OP is saying is, without all the media hype, the subject wouldn't have come up and his wife would still be in a DADT blissful way of thinking. We have had conversations here and there since I have been a member of this forum on whether or not our SO's would benefit by joining our site and for the most part, I don't see how since most of us have our own take on this whole thing, wants and needs that doesn't pertain to the next girl or the one after that.
Bruce is after all high profile right now and everyone under the sun is talking about him/her with or without any real knowledge of what they are talking about to begin with. All they are doing is talking babble and the common TV watcher is prone to believe that babble as bible. I can easily see this media exposure causing some SO's in a DADT situation to start thinking the worse case senerio in their relationships that just isn't there.
I don't think the OP is blaming bruce, I just don't think what he was saying was worded right. Of coarse this is just my opinion and I could be off base here when it comes to the OP.