{"id":26629,"date":"2011-09-23T10:56:38","date_gmt":"2011-09-23T14:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=26629"},"modified":"2011-09-23T10:58:29","modified_gmt":"2011-09-23T14:58:29","slug":"salon-repugs-boo-gay-soldier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=26629","title":{"rendered":"Salon: Repugs boo gay soldier"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of our PAO fans sent us this link from Salon; “The night Republicans booed a soldier<\/a>” which describes the incident at the debate last night;<\/p>\n

Fox’s Megyn Kelly said as she introduced a video submission. “It comes from Stephen Hill, who is a soldier stationed in Iraq.”<\/p>\n

Hill, wearing a gray “ARMY” t-shirt then appeared on-screen and told the candidates that he is gay and that he had been forced to lie about his identity when he was deployed to Iraq in 2010 because he didn’t want to lose his job. He then asked if the candidates would “do anything to circumvent the progress that’s been made for gay and lesbian soldiers” now that the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy has been officially repealed.<\/p>\n

His video then ended and … a handful of very loud boos erupted in the debate hall.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A “handful” of boos equates to all Republicans in the mind of the author, Steve Kornaki, as expressed in the title of the piece. Actually, Rick Santorum addressed the question best;<\/p>\n

…he declared that “any type of sexual activity has absolutely no place in the military,” that gays and lesbians have been given “a special privilege” by the repeal of DADT, and that the basic function of the military has been undermined because of it. Unlike Hill’s question, Santorum’s response produced loud applause and cheers that almost drowned him out as he finished speaking.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So? What’s the point, Karnacki? Republicans don’t believe in identity politics – it’s Democrats who have split us up into groups based on superficial differences instead of being ablke to embrace our similarities. Santorum is correct in that sex acts of any sort are not compatible with actual military service. Funny how dodging the people who want to kill you occupy your mind enough that you don’t think much about sex. <\/p>\n

And if Private Hill thinks that being gay is a more important part of his identity than being a soldier, he doesn’t belong in the Army. I appreciate his service, but I don’t appreciate the fact that he relishes the opportunity to shove his sexual preference in our face.<\/p>\n

I’m disappointed that dicksmith didn’t take this typical “Made for VetsVoice” story and run with it. Maybe he will later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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