Congressman Ike Skelton Idiot Of The Day

You have to be absolutely kidding me.

This could not have possibly been said by someone with any oxygen getting to the brain.

The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said Tuesday that he thought the military should keep its ban on openly gay service members in part because he did not want to open a national discussion about homosexuality. The chairman, Representative Ike Skelton, a conservative Missouri Democrat, said he thought the debate in Congress over the proposed repeal of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy might force families to explain homosexuality to their children. “What do mommies and daddies say to their 7-year-old child?” Mr. Skelton asked reporters at a news media breakfast.

One might tell the pea-brained congressman that many 7-year-olds in school have a classmate with either two mommies or two daddies, and are already OK with it.  Only bigots like the congressman are the ones that need to deal with the issue.  Maybe this dickhead should consider how parents told innocent 7- year-olds at the time of President Truman that blacks were able to be trusted with military equipment and march in formation with daddy.  I am sure that a bigot like Skelton can relate with the comparison to blacks in the military.