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Former Anti-Gay RNC Chairman Says He is Gay
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Lopter57
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Date: August 31, 2010 11:54AM
Here we go again with more Republican double talk multiple personality disorder. Say one thing but do the complete opposite.
Seems while Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman was up holding the religious rights, moral standards and defeating same sex marriages he was in fact gay himself.
Ken Mehlman probably should not expect a fond embrace from the gay community, at least not right away. The Pikesville native outed himself last week in the Atlantic magazine and pledged to lobby for same-sex marriage. But the memories of his days as campaign manager for George W. Bush — and the Republican president's gay-bashing reelection strategy — live painfully on.
In the interview, Mr. Mehlman explains that he only recently recognized his identity. "It has taken 43 years for me to get comfortable with this part of my life," says the former Republican National Committee chairman who now makes astronomical wages as an executive vice-president for a major private equity firm in Manhattan. And certainly, we have seen such a struggle before from gay conservatives in public life: Maryland's former First District Congressman Robert E. Bauman set the precedent long ago, but only several years after he was charged with soliciting sex from a 16-year-old male prostitute in 1980.
Seems while Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman was up holding the religious rights, moral standards and defeating same sex marriages he was in fact gay himself.
Ken Mehlman probably should not expect a fond embrace from the gay community, at least not right away. The Pikesville native outed himself last week in the Atlantic magazine and pledged to lobby for same-sex marriage. But the memories of his days as campaign manager for George W. Bush — and the Republican president's gay-bashing reelection strategy — live painfully on.
In the interview, Mr. Mehlman explains that he only recently recognized his identity. "It has taken 43 years for me to get comfortable with this part of my life," says the former Republican National Committee chairman who now makes astronomical wages as an executive vice-president for a major private equity firm in Manhattan. And certainly, we have seen such a struggle before from gay conservatives in public life: Maryland's former First District Congressman Robert E. Bauman set the precedent long ago, but only several years after he was charged with soliciting sex from a 16-year-old male prostitute in 1980.
Re: Former Anti-Gay RNC Chairman Says He is Gay
Posted by:
double take
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Date: August 31, 2010 11:57AM
repeat thread and old news. keep up with the times. it must really be bothering you that the GOP is up by 10 in the generic ballot.