AMES, Iowa — Texas Governor and GOP presidential hopeful Rick Perry was met by hecklers during a campaign stop in Ames, Iowa on Sunday, continuing to catch heat for an anti-gay campaign ad released last week in which he said that gays serving openly in the military is a sign of what’s wrong with America.
Rick Perry
“Why do you hate gays so much?” screamed one Iowan as Perry wrapped up a his campaign stop and avoided taking any questions from the audience, reported the Des Moines Register.
The heckling followed Perry’s brief remarks to Iowa voters at the Cafe Diem coffee shop in downtown Ames.
“Why are you demonizing gay and lesbian people?” shouted another heckler.
Another man, identifying himself as a Marine veteran from the Iraq war, asked Perry, “Why can’t gays compete in the military?”
Jason Arment, 24, of Grimes, Iowa and an English major at nearby Iowa State University, who said he was straight, said he served with the Marines in Iraq in 2007 and 2008, and that he found the Perry ad “extremely offensive” and “insulting” to service members, reported the Los Angeles Times.
At the center of the storm is a Perry campaign ad aimed at evangelical Christians in Iowa, in which he says that “there’s something wrong in this country when gays can serve openly in the military but our kids can’t openly celebrate Christmas or pray in school.”
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Iowa State University associate professor Warren Blumenfeld was one who shouted questions to Perry, asking him why he was marginalizing and demonizing non-Christians.
“The implication is if you’re gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered, you’re not a real American,” said Blumenfeld, who teaches studies about sexuality. “He is marginalizing people and dividing this country, and he’s demonizing proud Americans who just don’t have the social identities as he has.”
Sunday marked the first that Perry was confronted over the ad on the campaign trail.
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Rick Perry= ignornant Asshole!
Welcome to Iowa fuckface!
He almost looks like Blagojevich in that photo :-{P}
fuck his stupid ass! hope he gets shot!
Prick Perry deserves to be heckled after making that awful campaign video. God bless the hecklers. <3
This made me laugh so hard, and so proud of a state that I’d considered to be a lost cause. xD <3
Thank you, Iowa, for putting this idiot in his place!
That campaign ad just killed his chances for getting voted for in the Primary.
Perry is the demon …
bigots will never learn -_- #true.story
You say stupid things-expect some heat!!
I want to know what he has to say now that there is a backlash… Does he regret it?
He also thinks there are 8 justices in the Supreme Court!
And he APPROVED that message. Jerk!
good
its paybacks baby ;)
Thank you, Rick Perry. After the Herman Cain stunt, I still wasn’t quite convinced you were a genuine ass hole. Now I know for sure.
Idiot
The problem with America is involuntarily forcing human beings into religious ideals and the need to return the state into the hands of religious fanatics. Are we to become the new middle east? Are we only acceptable humans if we live and die by the bible? Grrr dislike
You think gays shouldn’t be in the military? Well I think morons shouldn’t be politicians. Assholes like this are why the line between church and state is greying. You don’t like gays? Fine. But when you bring religion into it you’re not only insulting gays but you’re also making the faithful look like idiots and assholes too.
Perry messed with the bull and got the horns, what did he expect?
sorry but I’d rather a gay/lesbian person to serve and protect me rather than an asshole like Rick Perry or those other people who are against equality! I feel ashamed sometimes that Im straight and makes me look bad because of their stupidity! Equality for all!
Going going gone! Rick Perry is of no consequence like Bachman and Santorum. That’s why he is spewing hate!
It’s now boiling down between Gingrich, Paul and Romney! Romney is also on way out.
Authoritarian Conservative Christians at their game again,eh? Republican Party isn’t just the party of the rich but the party of hate also. When facist men rise to power they always need someone to blame just ask Hitler. Why does no one see that The Tea Party is not only the G.O.P. in disguise but the modern day Nazi Party. Hitler blamed the same people the Republicans blame for the state the German economy was in. History repeats itself when the good people of this world do nothing. My personal opinion as pansexual Socialist Wiccan is marriage should be defined as an union between 2 or more consenting adults. But that’s just my opinion. Blessed be!
He deserved it.
I hope his heckling never ends. I myself am from Iowa, and around here, people do NOT take kindly to that kind of bullshit.
Let me give you an example. When the Westboro Baptist Church was in Ottumwa a while back, people did not hesitate to walk around with firearms in public..
I can’t stand the fact the Rick Perry and I are from the same state! He’s such an asshole and it is my sincerest wish that he and other who spew hate would just VANISH!!!!
We do not want such an Rick Perry if he is an homophobe!
It was most certainly deserved!!! Just don’t understand how assholes like this can actually think they have a shot at being president when pulling numbers like that. I so wish he will be heckled & that he continues to slide at the polls.
yea! I hate Rick perry, bauchman and santorum! they should drop outa the race!
If they aren’t careful, they’re gonna get plinked.
With Rick Perry Running for President That is what is wrong with America, and BTW Ricky; The Legal Voting age is 18 for the record !
For anyone who’s wondering if Rick Perry is trying to go back on what he said, the answer is NO. He’s a horrible human being, digging himself into a deeper hole. This YouTube video is an interview he just did after the ad was released, listen to him fumbling: http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DKGE8_2V1YZo%26sns%3Dfb&sns=fb&v=KGE8_2V1YZo&gl=US
@LeAnn: The link doesn’t work.
I wish all the mouth-breathing southern anti-constitutional republitards would stay the hell out of here with their hateful idiocy. Take it back to Texas, or whatever other ****tard state they hail from. Iowans believe in the constitution and freedom. America will survive these douchebags. Look at their followers as traitors to real democracy.
ignorant bitch!
assholeeeee!
Sick Perry…. Where’s a shoe thrower when ya need one?
He has defended the message even after the backlash. What an idiot.
Oh come on! Don’t blame Texas for this guy. Texas is full of wonderful, kind open minded people. When i moved to Dallas, i was pleasantly surprised. I had zero problem being out there. I got less flack about it than when i lived i colorado!
Steers and Queers, baby
Why is he so worried about whether kids can pray in school? They either did or did not study for the final exam.
He’s like, “Face to face, Man on top. Mweeh heh”
go home Rick Perry
I have to say not all GOP are ANTI GAY just the ones with the biggest voices… I also think most Christians arnt either. This guy is so far off I wonder how many people defected from the GOP party… I know I would if I was part of this fiasco.
Very disappointing human being.
Eggs and tomatoes are next, Gov. Goodhair!
Pelt him with rotten eggs.
So proud to live in AMES, IOWA. I’m not from Iowa originally and have delighted in having my misconceptions about the vowel-laden state be shattered repeatedly until now I am in love with Iowa and its people, who are unfailingly kind and surprisingly progressive and inclusive. REPRESENT LOGIC, LOVE, & UNITY!
Demagouge, pathetic.No way this clown or anny of the other
confederacy of dunces in the GOP line up are going to make
it. This culture war wedge issue has lost its sharp edge.
LGBT issues will be the undong of the Republican Party.
Thank you people of Iowa! I hope Newt gets the same treatment!
Obama has no WAR ON RELIGION……Our Christmas celebrations in our home and place of worship have NEVER been banned and my children can pray in school anytime they like…in their own hearts and souls. My gay friends are wonderful caring and open people. The Christian church I attend is open to all people and the Eucharist is available to all…it is not OUR table but God’s. Rick Perry….where did you get your information? Are you really in touch with REAL people??
I want to stab him in the eye. With a nail gun. If I’m not mistaken, Church and State are to be separated, right? There is nothing wrong with a homosexual in the military, fighting for our country, and our freedom. Now, something wrong with Rick Perry: He sits on his ass, and complains. Giving non-violent threats to end a good ideal, an honest service. Hey, Rick Perry, most of my amazing friends are gay and in the military, fighting to keep your idiotic ass safe. Merry fucking Christmas, burn in hell. You’re no Christian. I’m Athiest, and have better morals than you do.
I almost got married in Iowa because unlike the state I live in, Iowa supports gay marriage. So rock on to anyone who lives in that state; heckle away…