Rep. Louie Gohmert: Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Threatens American 'Existence' (VIDEO)

[unhappycamper]

Rep. Louie Gohmert: Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Threatens American 'Existence' (VIDEO)
The Huffington Post | Nick Wing Posted: 12-16-10 09:32 AM

In the heat of the debate over the "don't ask, don't tell" repeal bill, which was eventually passed by the House Wednesday by a 250 to 175 margin, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) delivered a floor speech railing against overturning the military protocol on the grounds that allowing gay servicemembers to serve openly would be a threat to America's "existence."

Here are his comments, via ThinkProgress:

GOHMERT: To my friend who said that history would judge us poorly, I would submit if you would look thoroughly at history -- and I'm not saying it's cause and effect -- but when militaries throughout history of the greatest nations in the world have adopted the policy that "fine for homosexuality to be overt" -- you can keep it private and control your hormones fine, if you can't, that's fine too -- they're toward the end of their existence as a great nation.

Gohmert also strangely argued that the military was necessarily, and by its very nature, "inconsistent with American values."

"It does not have freedom of speech, it does not have freedom of assembly, it does not have the freedom to express its love to those in the military the way you can out here, because it's an impediment to the military mission," Gohmert said, implying that the survey gauging the sentiments of soldiers was misleading because it had forced certain responses from respondents.


And the video of Louie doing his thing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg-W2RmAc98&feature=player_embedded

[theaocp]

1. The circus is in town.

This guy is the head clown. Next time, he should wear his standard-issue rainbow-colored wig. :puke:

[notadmblnd]

2. No Goober, Republicans threaten American existance.

[justiceischeap]

3. "freedom to express its love to those in the military the way you can out here"

I'm still kinda waiting for that freedom...

[Botany]

4. "we have homosexuals in this body"

Not only is he a bigot but I would say that he is a screaming closet case too.
Only matter of time before he is caught w/ another man or boy in some
hotel room.


Who cares if somebody is gay as long as they are a good soldier.

[davidinalameda]

5. I am so fucking sick of people saying that homophobes are in the closet

do you have any idea how stupid and insulting that is?

[Botany]

6. Methinks he doth protest too much

Ted Haggard
Larry Craig
Mark Foley
J. Edger Hoover
Ken Mehlman
Jeff Gannon and the people he was visiting in the bush White House
Rush Limbaugh

My post was not supposed to be insulting to GLBT people .... but I have found as
as a straight man that in more than a few cases the more somebody complains about
"the gays" and "the gay lifestyle" as a threat to society and families it turns out that they
are gay or gay tempted themselves.

BTW some of my best friends are gay :rofl:

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