… and by “behaving badly”, I don’t mean “being gay”, I mean “being hypocrites”, and not the ancient Greek doctor guy, either.
Yes, it seems that another Republican anti-gay crusader has been exposed as – you guessed it – gay. The “It’s a sin unless it’s me” party has a rather sordid recent history in that regards.
The alleged perpetrator this time is Alabama Attorney General Troy King, who it seems was caught in bed with his male lover by his wife. It’s all rumor at this point, of course, but Troy has not publically addressed the issue yet and there is rampant speculation that he’ll resign over the brewing scandal.
Is there anyone in the Grond Ole Homophobic Party who doesn’t have a gay lover?
It seems to me that the link between homophobia and honosexuality comes specifically from repression. Repressing someone’s natural homosexuality can allow all kinds of strange things – like homophobia – to manifest themselves. Since the GOP, of course, fosters an environment where it’s hard as hell to come out, it puts gay Republicans in the perma-closet, which then causes things like the excessive homophobia.
So thus, in a sense it’s not the fault of the individual closeted gay Republicans so much as the fault of the party, and the factions of society that support them.
i feel for anyone who’s been forced to live a lie, even when that lie turns them into bigots.