by Breaking Celebrity News Staff

On the heels of the Pentagon’s historic repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell -- a move widely praised by advocates for equality everywhere -- a gay soldier was booed after asking a question about DADT during the Republican presidential debate in Orlando, Florida on Thursday night.

During the debate, Fox anchor Megyn Kelly -- who served as the debate’s host -- played a YouTube clip directed at conservative candidate Rick Santorum.

In the clip, Stephen Hill, a soldier in Iraq who, up until the repeal of DADT, had to "lie about who he was" in order to “not lose his job” and keep serving in the army.

Hill specifically asked: “Under one of your presidencies, do you intent to circumvent the progress that’s been made for gay and lesbian soldiers in the military…?”

At this point, several people in the audience booed the soldier.

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