Rick Perry is just lovely. Not surprising however.
When asked by the Fort Worth Star Telegram how he would tell gay and lesbian veterans of combat in Iraq that they cannot come home and get married, he replied, "Texans made a decision about marriage, and if there's a state that has more lenient views than Texas, then maybe that's a better place for them to live."
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Colonel Paul W. Dodd, a retired Army chaplain and SLDN honorary board member who now lives in Texas, said, "Governor Perry's remarks were outrageous and offensive and do not reflect the views of fair-minded Texans, who value the service of our men and women in uniform. It is past time that those who fight for freedom abroad be afforded those same liberties here at home."
"It's sad that the governor thinks that soldiers who risk their lives in combat deserve to be treated like second-class citizens," added Aaron Belkin, the director for the Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military, in a conversation with the PlanetOut Network. "These are sad remarks that seem inconsistent with the 79 percent of the public that says gays should serve openly and be treated as first-class citizens."