86 year-old WWII vet supports gay marriage 'What do you think I fought at Omaha Beach for?'

October 22, 1:03 PMProgressive Politics ExaminerKaren Harper

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Philip Spooner, an 86 year old VFW chaplain who fought at Omaha Beach in World War II makes sense of the debate on equal rights for gay and lesbian marriage in the following video.  Mr. Spooner spoke back in April in testimony given in favor of Maine's marriage equality bill.

Spooner said that he was testifying "because of a conversation I had last June when I was voting. A woman at my polling place asked me,  "Do you believe in equal, equality for gay and lesbian people?" I was pretty surprised to be asked a question like that. It made no sense to me. Finally I asked her, "What do you think I fought for at Omaha Beach?" I haven't seen much, so much blood and guts, so much suffering, much sacrifice. For what? For freedom and equality. These are the values that give America a great nation, one worth dying for."