Sen. Jack Harper's Near-Gay Experience in the Military

Sen. Jack Harper explains his opposition to repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" with a story from his military days. Jack nearly had to room with a pot-smoking gay soldier who eventually got kicked out of the service--and the soldier who did share a room with the homo soldier ended up HIV-positive! (He may or may not have caught the bug from the gay soldier.)

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• Jack Harper
• gays in military
• Don't Ask Don't Tell repeal
• Arizona Legislature
• gay

[PaulBrunick]

(1) If the military is about "putting your personality aside and coming together as a unit...for the good of the country," why did the senator refuse to room with this soldier and even threaten to have him kicked out?! (2) Gay people don't smoke weed more regularly than straights. (3) "We tried to be tolerant..." See point 1. (4) You cannot get AIDS from sharing a room. (Bonus) From "his personal effects, it was very evident he was homosexual." Hahaha! The mind races with the possibilities.

[chili40]

Sen. Jack Harper=self-righteous, egocentric, homophobic politician.

[TheStrong32]

What the Sen. fails to mention is that (a) the gay soldier's behavior had nothing to do with his orientation, and (b) all of the negative behavior would have gotten a straight soldier in the same amount of trouble. He's simply using anecdotal evidence (the absolute WORST kind of evidence) to reinforce bigotry and baseless stereotypes. I wonder if the Senator will offer just as public an apology when the repeal of DADT turns out to be a non-event, and causes NONE of those dire consequences.

[dogdemon444]

Not all people are the same... Straight people also do drugs but no all of them straight people have STD but not all of them this is just trying to make gay people sound bad but it no problem with me if gay people want to join the army openly as long as they do there jobs

[GetTheHook]

Let it be known. All gay people are pot heads, drug addicts, law breakers and have HIV. This video is so educational and enlightening. 

[IAMME000]

I'm gay. I'm serving in the US Navy. I've never went AWOL, popped positive for THC, or given my roommate HIV. I can't stand when bigoted people like this take one experience like this and start trying to paint with a broad brush, using the actions of one person to pass judgement in an entire group

[alf7a]

Douchebag

[workingmaninaz]

ask happer about the children and woman that were attack in his district

he would never answer one of many letter he is sick and all out asshole

[jusitke07]

You have got to be kidding me? Who is this guy Sen. Harper? Senator Harper bases why Gays shouldn't serve in the military solely on the actions of SPC Rollings? I'm shocked at the intellectual level of this Senator from Arizona.

[bryannniiizurietaTV]

this is all rubbish.

[Eltoca21]

I assume he got the soldiers permissions to use their names. Perhaps that soldier had issues and went awol etc like thousands of other soldier who may have issues abd go awol. The fact he was gay has nothing to do with any of this. To play devils advocate, I would be interested if the senator was not breaking the law by not turning in the gay soldier.