Rick Perry Heckled Over Gays In Military Campaign Ad [Finally, A Reason For Electing Perry!]
Rick Perry Heckled Over Gays In Military Campaign Ad [Finally, A Reason For Electing Perry!]
LATimes^ | December 11, 2011 | Paul West
Posted on Sunday, December 11, 2011 9:49:34 PM by Steelfish
Rick Perry Heckled Over Gays In Military Campaign Ad
By Paul West December 11, 2011 Reporting from Ames, Iowa— Rick Perry took another shot at Mitt Romney’s offer of a $10,000 bet, but the Texas governor found himself under fire himself Sunday, heckled at a campaign stop over anti-gay bias, including by a man identifying himself as a Marine veteran from the Iraq war.
The heckling followed Perry’s brief remarks to Iowa voters at a coffee shop in downtown Ames.
“Why are you demonizing gay and lesbian people?” shouted one heckler.
“Why can’t gays compete in the military?” chimed in Jason Arment, 24, an English major at nearby Iowa State University. Arment, of Grimes, Iowa, who said he was straight, said he served with the Marines in Iraq in 2007 and 2008,







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