Posted on 09/23/2011 10:01:23 AM PDT by lbryce
Members of the conservative gay rights group GOProud are demanding an apology from Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum for what they call his disrespectful comments directed at a gay soldier in Thursday night's GOP presidential debate.
"Tonight, Rick Santorum disrespected our brave men and women in uniform, and he owes Stephen Hill, the gay soldier who asked him the question about Don't Ask, Don't Tell repeal, an immediate apology," said GOProud's Christopher Barron and Jimmy LaSalvia in a Thursday night press release.
During the Fox News/Google-sponsored debate, which took place in Orlando, Florida, a gay soldier deployed in Iraq asked the candidates if they would take measures to "circumvent" the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," if elected president.
Some audience members audibly booed the soldier -- a moment the GOP candidates on stage chose to ignore.
GOProud also noted that Santorum, who answered the question, declined to thank the soldier for his service, and called the repeal of DADT "social experimentation" - and "tragic."
"I would say any type of sexual activity has absolutely no place in the military," Santorum responded. "And the fact that they're making a point to include it as a provision within the military that we are going to recognize a group of people and give them a special privilege to -- and removing 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' I think tries to inject social policy into the military. And the military's job is to do one thing, and that is to defend our country."
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It amazes me that so many in our society are bound and determined to bringing down our Western/Christian values. It is those values(W/C) that are keeping them alive and safe, they are in effect destroying the one thing that is protecting them. Fools.
This is religious persecution in passive aggressive dress.
Just a thought: Gay Rights is another “single issue” isn’t it? Social Security is also a “single issue”, as well health insurance, and the list goes on.
If we look at all the “issues” the Left is throwing in the pot then we can see a trend, a pattern. The more “single issues” beneficial to the Leftist cause the more they break up the voting public into “single issue” voting, thus the better chance of the Democrat winning.
It’s almost like entering a third party to the race for potus
Why don’t you tell me what you think about it? Forget about “Lots of FReepers”.
His subject line read: "You hang with a classy crowd"
Here was my immediate response to him.
Agree, Santorum completely booted the question.
Obviously he doesn’t have the spine to say “Gays in the military is bad policy and should be repealed”. His answer tells you that he considers homosexuality to be just another type of “Sex” and thus he gave the safe, politically correct answer that all sex has no place. Pathetic.
agree.
Did they really Boo a member of the American Military who served in Iraq?
If so, that is low class.
first they’re frigging Dems who were the log cabins, secondly say sorry for what.
That he thinks men poking another man where the crap comes out and doing unnatural things to each other while getting more diseases is not wrong.
OR
Women wearing strap ons because they went to pretend they’re a man in sex
OR
EVEN a man dressing as a woman thinking they are lesbians
No it is high time that the GOP get rid of these lunatics and mentally ill people once and for all.
To think years ago I had no problem with homosexuals as they said and told us all repeatedly that they wanted to keep their lives private and now they are asking for special laws, dancing in the street telling everyone what turns them on.
Then they wonder why more and more are getting pissed off with these idiots.
I would say for them to shove that apology up their a$$e$ but they would like it!
LLS
he won’t get the homo vote, ah diddums and yet when the voters vote on the homo agenda they always say no.
now which one is the winner, ah yes not defending the homosexual agenda.
I think they booed a homosexual who happens to be a soldier, not a soldier who happens to be a homosexual.
Low class, huh?
So. You SUPPORT gays serving in the military.
Got it. You liberal.
Rick Santorum had best be prepared for random glitter attacks.
“The love that dare not speak its name has become the love that will not shut up!”
The right cannot compete without providing a context for their positions - if the issues are framed as 'the GOP wants to throw PFC Steve out of the military because of who he loves' we'll lose every time.
IMO Santorum's answer was as good as he could've given.
Why should a man who makes being gay more important than being a GI be thanked for his service?
Is he there to serve his country, or is he there to undermine his country’s ability to field a coherent fighting unit?
I have no gratitude for gay soldiers. I have enormous gratitude for soldiers. If, somehow, I have discovered they are somehow gay, then my view on it is that they are there to degrade the effectiveness of the military, not enhance it.
I feel the same way about women in the military in front line units as well. Everyone forgets about how hard it is to be an Army wife. It’s harder when you know your man is serving alongside other women in a place with not very much to do.
I used to marvel at the collection of process servers lined up at the pier when we would pull in from a six month deployment. Allowing women to serve in forward areas was a giant “F.U.” to the average military family.
Now, gays in the CIA? Can’t have enough of them. They make wonderful operatives, and they serve their country well in that capacity. Some very brave and resourceful heroes of the gay persuasion have given their lives for a country that has done pretty well by them. Better than most, if not all, others.
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