Evan Bayh: “I had no idea until I was talking to Senator Bennet yesterday about his father's long commitment to public service.”

In all likelihood there were gay Americans serving at Valley Forge, there were gay Americans at Gettysburg, there were gay Americans on Normandy Beach, there are gay Americans serving in Iraq and Afghanistan today.

This is outrageous. How can this possibly happen?

If there are Americans who are willing to lay down their lives for our country and make that kind of sacrifice, and we can enable them to be that kind of patriot without harming our national security, not only is it better for them, it is…

We are paying a macroeconomic price for the delay in resolving this issue.