Response to audience booing gay military man

At the Republican Debate Rick Santorum was asked if he would circumvent the progress that gays and lesbians had made with the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell, by a gay soldier serving in Iraq. The audience booed the gay soldier and Santorum responded, not thanking the soldier for putting his life on the line on a daily basis for his country, by saying that he would repeal the repeal of DADT and re-instate it.

The following is my response.

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[DrkKnt802]

@n2bbuilding....I think if you take the time to actually mull over my comments, and look at it in an unbiased way, you will undeniably ascertain the logic that is within. if you still find it difficult 2 "understand", then ask a friend who has a little knowledge of history. it'd help tremendously 2 have a rational mind as well.

[n2bbuilding]

@DrkKnt802 You miss the point. Challenge your mind and your beliefs. The world doesn't have to be black and white and neither does it have to operate has it has in the past. this is today and the here and now. I don't think I need you to give me a history lesson. I was there. I was in the military so I think I know. I know what the Clinton passage of DADT mean't and its purpose and I am well aware of how it affected me and the rest of the gay community.

[abc114able]

A kid at my school is gay. He admitted it to me and a couple of people but everyone has sworn not to tell because he is afraid of what people would think and is afraid people will pick on him. I'm a Democrat middleschooler living in texas and I'm surrounded by idiots who believe everything that their republican conservatist teapartier parents say. I got picked on by these same kids during the McCain Obama election. I think a lot of this is because of adults who don't know what they talk of.

[n2bbuilding]

@abc114able thanx for sharing!

[joshuaeasnyder]

This is my husband, he deserved respect from everyone and defense from the candidates when that crowd booed. Thanks for your support.

[hig]

Rick Santorum is an ass. He's got it all backwards...the only people with special protections are the straight people that have an issue with LGBT soldiers!

[DrkKnt802]

@n2bbuilding... "no" this and "no" that??? I have NO IDEA what you're referring to. The word "meant" was used by me once, in describing your "opinion" of what you thought Santorum "meant"...so you ask "Who says?"... you said "He meant this, or he meant that"....not me. I happen to think he "meant what he said." Unless you're a mind reader, you only offer an "opinion" as to what he "meant"...

[n2bbuilding]

@DrkKnt802 who says? You say alot of 'no' this and 'no' that and 'it's never done' and it is 'meant' as this or 'meant' to be that so I ask you, who says?

I have as yet to find anything anywhere that says that the world or America has to operate in your way, Santorum's way, the Tea Party's way, the Republican's way or any other way for that matter. We, as a people or country can progress, move ahead and thrive any way we want and choose to. There is nothing to stop us not even dogma.

[DrkKnt802]

@n2bbuilding (cont#2)... you said my previous post "made no sense, and didnt seem to go together"...i know i had a few typographic errors, but you should have no problem understanding it, once you get past the typos. When you understand the meaning of "uniform", you realize that special set of stanfards or treatment for any particular group doesnt fall into what defines the term "uniform"... military is meant to be uniform in it's standards and treatment of it's members.

[DrkKnt802]

(Cont)...to fill in the blank with, should receive "special recognition or treatment" you our military or our government (that's my opinion btw)...just like your opinion of what Santorum "actually meant" was yours. My history on DADT is dead on.

[DrkKnt802]

@n2bbuilding,@gangstastyle55..­.my "response" was to the video. i never "respond" to comments, unless my post is replied to. You said that Santorum would "repeal the end (repealing) of DADT"....I thought that was humorous, considering the fact that it would be a "repealing of a repeal". No group, whether it is homosexuals, blacks, whites, whatever your choice....(cont)