Get real, Larry. The issue is X’s homosexuality…
..which is widely … and I mean widely presumed among Republicans. If you’re going to be a “reporter” or even a fair columnist, you can’t give a nugget of the story and leave out the rest:
You wrote in your St. Louis gay rag: “even going as far as asking one central Illinois Republican legislator to deny he was gay after voting for a gay and lesbian civil rights bill”
Obviously, I didn’t query any other Repubs. who voted for the IL gay rights bill about their sexuality. X is a different animal: he likely has a special interest in the subject, or at least that’s what I was trying to confirm.
If X was an outspoken anti-gay legislator, your side would be clamoring to “out” him, and asking questions about “those rumors.” But because he’s pro-gay in a very conservative district, you cover for him and trash me. Interesting.
If you’re so proud of “gay” sexuality, or think it’s innocuous as to character, why do you enable people like X?
I just don’t believe “outing” should be a one-way street that serves your side. –pl
Actually, I’m against outing. Mainly because, I don’t really care what individuals do with other consenting adults. It’s not my business. I have better things to do than worry about that.
In fact, that was a key issue with the Keyes fiasco, but ultimately, I decided that Maya Keyes was an adult and out publicly. Others chose to err on the side of her age and I respect that.
Getting back to X, the logic just doesn’t hold. If the person in question takes a public stance and he sticks to it, that’s his position. The same as other candidate or officials regardless of who they are attracted.
And Peter, the reason you are such a fun target is your bizarre obsession with what other people’s genitals are doing.
I understand and respect that many people disagree with me on issues regarding sexual orientation. However, it’s not that you hold a different position than I do, it’s that you pursue it with such gumption and graphic details. Living, breathing caricatures are great fodder for a blog.