A Handful of Boos in Florida and Elsewhere

Col. Victor Fehrenbach

Newsnm note - Spence - We ran a story in December of 2012 about Col. Victor Fehrenbach, a gay officer serving in the U.S. Air Force. It ran just as the "Don't Ask Don't Tell Policy was being revoked. Sorry, I do not boo people who risk their lives to protect America. Does that make me a "progressive?"
The Hill - Some members of the GOP debate audience booed a gay soldier who asked via video whether the Republican candidates would reinstitute the recently repealed "Don't ask, don't tell" policy of banning openly gay soldiers. After Stephen Hill, who is serving in the Army in Iraq, asked his question, a handful of members of the audience booed loudly. None of the Republican candidates responded to the audience's reaction. Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) answered that "Any type of sexual activity has no place in the military" and that he would return to the policy of requiring gays and lesbians to stay silent on their sexuality or get thrown out of the military. His response garnered loud applause. When pressed with what he would do with soldiers who have now come out, he said, "What we're doing is playing social experimentation with our country right now, and that's tragic" but said that he would not throw out soldiers who have recently come out due to the end of "Don't ask, don't tell." Read full story here: News New Mexico

A Handful of Boos in Florida and Elsewhere