senators are using homophobia as a defense in their argument, as the nexus of this law, openly gay soldiers affect unit cohesion. like, like it s okay to discriminate or discharge gay soldiers because we are homophobic. we, we are uncomfortable, and we do not agree with homosexuality, and i can t focus on the field of duty while i am fighting. in less than 24 hours, the united states senate will have the opportunity to pave the way for a complete repeal of don t ask, don t tell. the policy may begin to die tomorrow afternoon. if lady gaga gets her way and if john mccain well, new john mccain doesn t. in just a moment, we ll be talking with nbc news producer ken strickland in washington this evening for the latest on the senate vote and then major mike almy will join us. he was discharged from the air force on don t ask, don t tell. he spoke today at the maine
to those who say that marriage is not relevant to our budget crisis, i say, you would not be able to print enough money in a thousand years to pay for the government that you would need if the family continues to collapse. to those who say we should focus on cutting spending, i say, okay, let s start by denying all federal funding for abortion at home and abroad. republican congressman mike pence of indian, who won the presidential straw poll at the values voters summit in washington this weekend. saying, essentially, you want to talk fiscal conservatism, okay, let s say that abortion is a fiscal issue then! sure. why not. these terms otherwise have no meaning. at the risk of stating the obvious to everyone who doesn t work in media, what is going on on the right right now is not about fiscal conservatism. it is culture war, all over again.
is not relevant to our budget crisis, i say, you would not be able to print enough money in a thousand years to pay for the government that you would need if the family continues to collapse. to those who say we should focus on cutting spending, i say, okay, let s start by denying all federal funding for abortion at home and abroad. republican congressman mike pence of indian, who won the presidential straw poll at the values voters summit in washington this weekend. saying, essentially, you want to talk fiscal conservatism, okay, let s say that abortion is a fiscal issue then! sure. why not. these terms otherwise have no meaning. at the risk of stating the obvious to everyone who doesn t work in media, what is going on on the right right now is not about fiscal conservatism. it is culture war, all over again. ladies and gentlemen, we are going to have to choose as a nation between the homosexual agenda and freedom, because the two cannot coexist.
cohesion. like, like it s okay to discriminate or discharge gay soldiers because we are homophobic. we, we are uncomfortable, and we do not agree with homosexuality, and i can t focus on the field of duty while i am fighting. in less than 24 hours, the united states senate will have the opportunity to pave the way for a complete repeal of don t ask, don t tell. the policy may begin to die tomorrow afternoon. if lady gaga gets her way and if john mccain well, new john mccain doesn t. in just a moment, we ll be talking with nbc news producer ken strickland in washington this evening for the latest on the senate vote and then major mike almy will join us. he was discharged from the air force on don t ask, don t tell. he spoke today at the maine rally. when and how and if don t ask, don t tell is going to be repealed, when we come back. (announcer) if you think all batteries are the same, consider this:
senators are using homophobia as a defense in their argument, as the nexus of this law, openly gay soldiers affect unit cohesion. like, like it s okay to discriminate or discharge gay soldiers because we are homophobic. we, we are uncomfortable, and we do not agree with homosexuality, and i can t focus on the field of duty while i am fighting. in less than 24 hours, the united states senate will have the opportunity to pave the way for a complete repeal of don t ask, don t tell. the policy may begin to die tomorrow afternoon. if lady gaga gets her way and if john mccain well, new john mccain doesn t. in just a moment, we ll be talking with nbc news producer ken strickland in washington this evening for the latest on the senate vote and then major mike almy will join us. he was discharged from the air force on don t ask, don t tell.