The Frontlines: A Gay General Asks. Will GOP Candidates Tell?

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Wednesday, November 28, 2007

A Gay General Asks. Will GOP Candidates Tell?

Brigadier General Keith Kerr, CSMR (Ret.), a member of SLDN's military advisory council, has posed a question for tonight's CNN/YouTube debate with GOP presidential candidates.

"I want to know," General Kerr, who has 43 years of service under his belt asks, "why you think that American men and women in uniform are not professional enough to serve with gays and lesbians."

It's a good question, and one we hope will make it into tonight's debate. Tune in to CNN, beginning at 8pm, to see if General Kerr's question makes the line-up.

- Steve Ralls

Labels: 2008, YouTube Debates

1 Comments:

Daimeon said...: Fortunately it did. And the boos at the end of his impassioned speech at the end spoke volumes of those in the room and those on stage.; 8:55 AM

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Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) is a national, non-profit legal services, watchdog and policy organization dedicated to ending discrimination against and harassment of military personnel affected by "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and related forms of intolerance.