General, thanks for your service, but I believe in what Colin Powell said when he said that having openly homosexual people serving in the ranks would be bad for unit cohesion.
The reason for that, even though people point to the Israelis and point to the Brits and point to other people as having homosexuals serve, is that most Americans, most kids who leave that breakfast table and go out and serve in the military and make that corporate decision with their family, most of them are conservatives.
They have conservative values, and they have Judeo-Christian values. To force those people to work in a small tight unit with somebody who is openly homosexual goes against what they believe to be their principles, and it is their principles, is I think a disservice to them. I agree with Colin Powell that it would be bad for unit cohesion. Duncan Hunter
Some issues like this one get to the very core of our differences. All
Republican candidates agreed with Duncan Hunter in celebration of America’s
pride for religious intolerance and bigotry, while the rest of us are shamed by it. Unlike other Western Democracies where gay
and straight soldiers fight side by side without controversy, Republicans tell us most of
our troops are bigoted Christian conservatives who will not tolerate
gays in their units. As is the case in the militaries in Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, etc… It
is why we fight, to substitute their BAD religious intolerance with our GOOD religious intolerance.
Though there were nine official Crusades, in truth it was one war in one place, Christians versus Islam in the Middle East. After 200 years of the bloodiest warfare in history – even considering a few Papal Surges to make it seem to go well – it was all for naught. We have five years into this one with only 195 to go before our final loss. Time, time, time is on their side… yes it is…
If you missed the debate CNN has the complete video and transcript that is very easy to naviagate at Republican Debate: Analyzing the Details