"What do you think I fought for in Omaha Beach?"

An 86 year-old World War 2 veteran at a public meeting on Maine’s marriage equality bill:

The woman at my polling place asked me do I believe in 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 in Omaha Beach?

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