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e are two explanations for any dissatisfaction on the LGBT Left. Radical activists expect nothing less than extremism in the pursuit of “equality.” And liberal candidates seem to be following the example of Bill Clinton in 1992. Clinton promised to lift the ban on gays in the military, but did not emphasize that commitment in his campaign.Then-president George H. W. Bush helped Clinton by ignoring the issue. In December 1993, President Clinton advanced the gay agenda halfway by administratively imposing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” which Hillary Clinton has described as a “transitional policy” toward homosexuals in the military. Military social issues that affect good order and discipline are matters of national security, which are essential in sustaining not one but two legs of an updated conservative three-legged stool: national defense, the economy, and social issues.Responses to the Human Rights Campaign survey seem to indicate that liberal activists expect their candidate, whether Clinton or Obama, to stand on a shaky, left-leaning stool. Regardless of which candidate wins the Republican nomination, he will need the help of social and national-security conservatives to get elected. To win their support, candidates should promise to confront the LGBT Left. That movement should not be allowed to threaten national security by undermining the strength of the only military we h