Sure Shot
Is Charlie Crist gay? I don't know. Does it matter? Yes.
More than a few gay people keep their homosexuality a secret. Perhaps they're afraid of alienating friends and family or justifiably concerned about losing a job. I'm sure several poor queer souls hate themselves and decide to deny, deny, deny.
Whatever the reason, I feel for them. I can't imagine how exhausting living a lie must be - emotionally, physically, and psychologically.
When such a person is in public service, however, his or her sexual orientation is not personal or private information. Constituents deserve the truth about who their reps are and a certain amount of privacy is forfeited the moment one runs for elected office.
The liberal in me wishes all gay people would feel comfortable enough to live an honest life. For their sake more than anything. And when such peeps are gay Republicans - even more so should they come out proudly. When closed-minded right-wing Christian whack jobs are confronted with the fact that gay people are everywhere - only then will they realize we are all connected and part of the same human family. Either they learn to accept that which they don't understand or Repubs should banish such haters to the outskirts of the political process in much the same way communists and white separatists are banished as well.
Gay Republicans who consistently vote anti-gay cannot be tolerated. Gay Republicans who pander to their party's worst elements and reject the notion that same-sex couples should be given the same benefits and rights as straight couples should be voted out of office. Gay Republicans who deny gay couples the right to adopt unwanted children and offer them a loving home should be thrown out on their humpin'-and-bumpin' asses. Either come out and serve the public honestly or stay home and run back into that closet.
This sh*t is ridiculous. And I'd like some answers.
posted by kate @ 7:34 AM
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So funny. Liberals, all they have left is personal attacks and profanity, and of course, the gay card. You have nothing left, you know Crist is leading comfortably, so you just have to start bringing back the 20 year old rumors that Crist is gay, everyone should know, and vote for Davis.
That is just so sad, it actually makes me that much more excited to gloat and troll all over these far left republican hating sites after Crist wins the election.
But what about many republicans who are members of the Christian "right" who condemn gays and their lifestyle? Is he not coming out because he is a hypocrite? Is he a hater of his own kind? Self loathing or whatever? Hey, it's a possiblity, right?...Hmmm...
7:04
I would say 33% of the republican party is like that, and they voted for Gallagher in the primary. I am far from one of those.
Outing is a difficult issue. I can certainly understand and agree with the anger over the hypocrisy, but something about it feels dangerous.
It seems to me that very few politicians anymore actually believe in the line they're pushing. Their stances on issues rarely, if ever, mirror their own personal beliefs because the stances are specifically constructed to appeal to voting demographics. Sometimes these stances are just brain-twistingly convoluted in order to appeal to multiple voting populations that may hold different views. Politicians become little more than broadcasting systems for political message memes.
This hypocrisy has become so prevalent that it feels somehow disingenuous to call only a single politician out on a single issue, one that is visible and hot-buttony. Many good reasons to disagree with Crist exist without having to tread into this moral gray area and possibly spark a backlash against gay and lesbian politicians.
Still, if a politician was receiving inappropriate campaign contributions while running a campaign featuring fundraising reform, then that would be fair game. The parallel is obvious, although it should be mentioned that perhaps Crist is technically correct in saying he isn't gay, even if he is having sex with men. It's possible he's bisexual and, once again, it's all really just a proxy semantic war.
I guess I take a kind of wimpy attitude about it. I don't support outing because of the Golden rule, but when it happens to someone who richly deserves it, I find it hard to summon any pity that their lies are being exposed.
8:33
Once again all you liberals have are personal attacks. Im sure not suprised since you have nothing left and know that Davis will lose.
If Bill Clinton advocated laws that punished adulterers - part of the argument against that would be to bring up his lifestyle. Anti-gay legislation, that Charlie supports, is wrong and we are well within our rights to point out that it also might be hypocritical.
When human beings deny who they are - problems naturally arise. And when those problems occur with policymakers and people in power - innocent victims pay the price. Haven't we seen that with priests? Foley? There are many examples. If Charlie supported the rights of *all* people, this wouldn't be much of an issue, you're right. However, when he attempts to deny others the right to be who they are, openly, we have a right to fight back.
Look, for the record, I don't care about anybody's sex life. (Well, that's not true. But you know what I mean.) I'd just like to see less hypocrisy in our policy makers and have seen the destruction "living a lie" has done to too many people.
I trust Jim Davis to do a better job when faced with anti-gay legislation. Perhaps that's because he has nothing to hide. Perhaps it's because he's more tolerant, thoughtful, and open-minded.
One or all of the above.
I can't say that Democrats are any better on gay rights issues than most Republicans. How many Democrats are pushing to extend the right to marry to all gay and lesbian couples? For those of us who actually live as the second class citizens in this country, a separate union (whether they call it civil unions or domestic partnerships) is not equal. In my opinion, Jim Davis is no more progressive on this issue than Charlie Crist and I doubt that he would do much more to forward the civil and political positions of gays and lesbians in this country. This is a sad realization for me since I have always considered myself a devoted Democrat. But quite frankly, I’m getting sick and tired of supporting a party that is not supporting me.
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