Idaho Sen. Larry Craig the RepubliQueer

Mike Rogers, who calls himself "the nation’s leading gay activist blogger" has just finished a nationally-broadcast interview on the Ed Schultz Radio Show in which he alleges that Idaho Republican Senator Larry Craig has engaged in same-sex sexual activity.
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So Larry Craig has butt-sex in the bathrooms of Union Station. The wingnuts get offended: The Left hate the gays? Yes, we do. We hate gays so much we want to punish them with the torture that is matrimony. Then comes question about the ethics of "outing".

Let me tell you a true story.

Not so long ago in Quebec, when the Parti Québécois was in power, the provincial courts forced the government to make a decision wether civil unions could be permitted between partners of the same sex (marriage is a federal matter). Even though the Quebec parliament is usualy progressive, a lot of politicians were not ready to take the political risk of such a move -even closet homosexuals-. So it looked like same-sex civil unions would not be permitted. That is until closet homosexual deputies received faxes, phonecalls and e-mails warnings them they would be outted if they didn't stand up for gay rights. These people quickly changed their votes and convinced straight deputies to do the same. Thus, same-sex civil-unions is now reckognized in Quebec.

Make your own conclusions out of this.

by the way, Craig’s list.

* Voted YES on constitutional ban of same-sex marriage. (Jun 2006)
* Voted NO on adding sexual orientation to definition of hate crimes. (Jun 2002)
* Voted NO on expanding hate crimes to include sexual orientation. (Jun 2000)
* Voted YES on prohibiting same-sex marriage. (Sep 1996)
* Voted NO on prohibiting job discrimination by sexual orientation. (Sep 1996)