The Sunday New York Times did a story on the "hypocrisy" campaign (I'm trying not to call it an "outing" campaign as Michael in NY gets ticked at me since, in reality, I don't think anyone's been outed who wasn't already "out"). The article is interesting in that is show a larger mood change in Washington, one in which the gay community (and hopefully our straight allies) is starting to stand up to members of our own community who have sold their souls, and our own, to the devil.
My favorite two paragraphs:
A gay press secretary for a House Republican who refused to be named because his boss asked him not to speak publicly on the marriage debate said that the 'barbaric tactics' of gays attacking other gays had reinforced his partisan commitment. He felt the pull most recently, he said, during the emotional June weekend marked by both President Ronald Reagan's funeral and Washington's annual gay pride parade - a parade, he said, that seemed less about pride and more about polarizing politics.Like I've been saying all along, these people turn their back on a community so abhorrent to them that they don't even want to be associated with it, yet they expect our protection while they try to destroy us.
'It put it into focus,' said the aide, whose name and telephone number have been posted on Mr. Rogers's Web site. 'If there is a spectrum of things that make up who I am, the things that draw me to work for Republicans are more important than anything related to my sexual orientation.'
