Konrad Sartorius
Banned
What was Bush Sr.'s stance on Don't Ask Don't Tell? I need to know as I'm writing a TL that includes a second term for Bush Sr.
But privately top Bush campaign officials said they would hit the issue hard in the campaign, portraying Mr. Clinton as a promoter of homosexuals. Campaign aides said radio ads were being considered that would run only in the South and would portray a Clinton victory as sure to lead to more gay teachers in the schools.
The campaign officials argued, however, that Mr. Bush was not antihomosexual and that he merely opposed giving gay men and lesbians special treatment. They pointed out that he had signed legislation ordering a Federal study of hate crimes, including attacks on homosexuals, the first time a Federal law had extended civil rights on the basis of sexual orientation. 'A Willie Horton Issue'
Before Mr. Clinton, the party had never pressed the matter at the Presidential level. Four years ago, Michael S. Dukakis seemed uncomfortable with gay issues, even though the party's official position was to support gay rights. There was little difference between Mr. Dukakis's stand on AIDS, for example, and Mr. Bush's position.
This time, the two candidates are at odds over such issues as whether to allow openly gay members of the military, which Mr. Clinton supports and Mr. Bush opposes.
Don't Ask Don't Tell was the end result of Clinton's effort to lift an outright ban on gays in the military. Bush would have maintained the policy then in place and as such that compromise wouldn't have emerged.
I did some digging, and I found a New York Times article about the gay vote and gay rights issues during the 1992 election. Here are some quotes that might shed light into Bush's views:
So it would seem that Bush opposed allowing openly gay people to serve in the U.S. military.
Another thing to consider is that the OTL 1992 election saw Pat Buchanan give his infamous "Culture War" speech at the RNC, which condemned the social progressivism of the Clinton-Gore ticket and brought social issues like abortion and LGBT rights to the center of national politics throughout the 1990s. I don't know if Buchanan gave the same speech at the RNC in your timeline, but regardless the fact of the matter was that Bush needed the support of social conservatives to win in 1992. Even if he did support allowing openly gay people to serve in the military, he would be committing political suicide if he came out in favor of such a policy. Social conservatives would denounce him.