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President Obama's Gay Marriage Goof

David3036 Wrote: May 17, 2012 2:23 PM

I, too, am an "old soldier," and I well remember having to drum a good guy out of my unit in Vietnam because he was gay. It has bothered me for more than 40 years. If I were in the military today I would not do so, nor would I be required to, thanks our "tyrannical" government. Don't assume it is only "leftists" who support gay rights and gay marriage. It's a civil rights issue, not a liberal or conservative issue. Some of us don't believe we have to hate gay people to be conserviative.

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President Obama's Gay Marriage Goof

Just how bad a blunder was President Obama's forced gay marriage endorsement?

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