Joe Biden: "Nobody asks you if you're gay in a foxhole"

[ruggerson]

"I've been to Afghanistan, I've been to Iraq seven times, I've been in the Balkans, I've been in these foxholes with these kids, literally in bunkers with them. Let me tell you something, nobody asked anybody else whether they're gay in those foxholes. Our allies -- the British, the French, all our major allies -- gays openly serve. I don't know the last time an American soldier said to a backup from a Brit, "Hey, by the way, let me check. Are you gay? Are you straight?" This is ridiculous."

[pinto]

1. kick

:kick:

[2KS2KHonda]

2. Well, I might...if he's cute.

:evilgrin:

[Beam Me Up]

5. LoL -- me too! n/t

[adamuu]

8. i expect it would be the last thing on my mind

but i don't know. i've never been there.

[Lex]

3. I didn't know he said that.

Kudos to him. :thumbsup:

[aquart]

4. Now THAT is encouraging.

I could forgive a whole lot for that statement alone.

Clip it. Save it. Be ready to remind us of it a whole lot in the coming months.

[terrya]

6. This is EXACTLY the right attitude.

After listening to that right wing homophobe shrew a few weeks back testifying before the House on Don't Ask Don't Tell, going on about gay men as sexual predators and "forced intimacy", this is exactly what needs to be pushed. Good for our next Vice President for supporting the right for gay men and lesbians to serve openly in our military.

[frebrd]

7. K&R! n/t

[NorthCarolina]

9. As a gay man, I am far more satisfied with the selection of Biden

than I would have been had Bayh or Kaine been selected.

[dropkickpa]

11. Whooeee

me too!

[Zuiderelle]

10. Good. I'm glad he said that.

When did he say that?