Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. I’m kinda late to the party here, but here’s my 2 cents. It’s symptomatic of the problems with the GOP and the crop of candidates that it and the TP have spawned that someone would be booed (by what sounded like IMO at least 3-4 people though it could have been more than that) for asking about DADT and its end. Even worse that the person being booed was a soldier and therefore would be in a position to be directly affected by any such change in policy.

That none of the candidates stood up for the questioner at the time and all otherwise deflected the question speaks volumes about where these candidates stand for equal rights and protection under the law.

This is not a winning issue for the GOP, no matter how much it seems to rile up the GOP base, as the booing would indicate that they don’t want the subject discussed or disagree with the end of DADT. And I can only hope that moderators of the general debates keep this in mind when asking questions about the military, civil rights, and the application of Executive powers.