GOP Launches Campaign Against Gays on House Floor

Here's a sampling of the vitriol that has been unleashed on the House floor this afternoon courtesy of Louie Gohmert, Trent Franks, and Todd Akin — vitriol so vitriolic that it requires the removal of eyeglasses, apparently.

Said Akin: “So are we then going to then protect and condone homosexuality in the military?…Is this the sort of thing that George Washington or our founders would be proud of, that we are doing today in this quick flash before Memorial Day?”