Rep. Ike Skelton, the Missouri Democrat and chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, has never been a fan of repealing DADT. And now we know why: Debating the issue in Congress will force parents to explain The Gay to their kids. “What do mommies and daddies say to their 7-year-old child?” Skelton wondered aloud at a presser. Except the lawmaker needn’t worry: If parents aren’t already explaining Congressional goings-on to their children, or even the importance of voting (see: to oust anti-equality officials), they aren’t about to start now. But if they wanted, parents could begin telling their children about how lawmakers’ votes are influenced by lobbyists, like the defense contractors who donated $134,000 to Skelton this year alone.
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We’ll be much better off when he is an actual skeleton……..
Baxter
Are you saying that Skelton is against DADT because the defense lobby gave him a lot of money? Because I really don’t think defense contractors care one way or another whether gays are serving openly in the military. They just want to sell weapons, they don’t care who uses them.
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@Baxter: Maybe they are afraid the Gays will spend too much time polishing their weapons….. :-p
tjr101
This guy is a dinosaur and it’s pass time for his extinction.
AndrewW
Skelton is a Christian – Disciples of Christ brand.
They don’t “explain” anything to their children, they teach them that “homosexuality is wrong, sinful and deviant.” They do this before they reach the age of 7.
He was simply worried about contradicting his “Faith.”