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Shameful Response to Gay Soldier Mars GOP Debate

September 23, 2011

(Washington, DC) - Log Cabin Republicans are disgusted at the response to a question by an openly gay servicemember regarding "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" during last night's GOP presidential debate.

"Senator Santorum's shameful response to the combat soldier's question regarding open service was incoherent and out of touch. America's uniformed leaders support gays and lesbians serving alongside their colleagues with dignity and respect. Santorum's divisive and homophobic remarks do not befit a commander-in-chief," said R. Clarke Cooper, Log Cabin Republicans Executive Director. "Americans want to hear about how our next President is going to cut our national debt, present a confident foreign policy and most importantly help the private sector thrive to create jobs. Unfortunately, for many Americans the take-away from last night's debate was not that Republicans have the solutions our country needs, but that too many in our party are clinging so strongly to a failed and discriminatory law that they are willing to disrespect a man in uniform. As a current Army Reserve officer and an Iraq combat veteran, I found it appalling that a soldier serving down range would be disrespected in such a fashion."