Sunday, September 23, 2007

Duncan Hunter: The Straight Man


On the campaign trail, California Rep. Duncan Hunter boasts of having led the opposition to gays serving openly in the military. "I think it's only because we have been able to resist that particular attempt that we have the very best military in the world today," Hunter told the Values Voter Debate.

Hunter is among those few Republican candidates who advance the concept that homosexuality itself is immoral. To explain his opposition to ENDA, he says the Boy Scouts have a right to ban gay scout leaders. He is against hate-crime laws for sexual orientation and in favor of a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. "Every American family should have the right to say it's a matter of moral principle that we do not accept homosexual activity," he said at the debate.

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