Brigadier Gen. Keith Kerr (R): “My name’s Keith Kerr, from Santa Rosa, California. I’m a retired brigadier general with 43 years of service,” Kerr told the candidates in the video that he submitted to the YouTube debate. “I’m a graduate of the Special Forces Officer Course, the Commanding General Staff Course and the Army War College. And I’m an openly gay man.

“I want to know why you think that American men and women in uniform are not professional enough to serve with gays and lesbians.”

Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA): “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,” Hunter said.

“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.”

Military people are conservative, conservatives hate gays, therefore, gays shouldn't be in the military. Well, now we have a candidate that comes right out and says "Republicans fucking hate your homo guts."

Principles schminciples. If it's against their principles to participate in an illegal war, they get court martialed.

-pb