LGBTQNATION: Herman Cain: Being gay is ‘a choice,’ and bring back ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’: GOP Presidential candidate Herman Cain, appearing on ABC’s “The View” on Tuesday, said he feels being gay “is a choice,” and that if elected President, he would reinstate “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the former ban on openly gay military service members. » | Staff Reporters | Tuesday, October 04, 2011