The DonDon009 Hall of Shame Part 2

It's The Hypocricy, Stupid!


Last week, I reported on Spokane, Washington mayor James West who was against Gay Rights all across the board while searching for young men on the internet. When persons like West are exposed, it reveals a hypocricy that erodes public trust. My issues are not so much the fact that these politicians are Republican, the issue is that they are Gay and voting against Gay Rights!

Following is a list of Gay Republicans outed within the past year who also had a history of voting against Gay Right legislation.

Last fall, Daniel Gurley, the national field director and deputy political director for the Republican National Committee, was outed after an online media outlet found his profile on Gay.com, where he was reportedly seeking group sex. Jeff Gannon, the White House "reporter" who turned out to have been hired by a Republican-backed news organization, also turned out to have once been a gay male escort. The reactionary Republican congressman from Virginia, Ed Schrock, ended his re-election campaign after being involuntarily outed when he was discovered looking for sex in a gay chat room. And California's staunch Republican congressman, David Dreier, who votes consistently against gay rights, was outed last fall, as was Ken Mehlman, who ran George W. Bush's 2004 campaign, with a platform against same-sex marriage; he is now the chairman of the Republican Party. And there's more: Michael Huffington, Robert Bauman, Arthur Finkelstein, Paul Koering, Jim Kolby — all Republican congressman, staffers, columnists and campaign strategists, most of whom have taken vehement positions against gay rights legislation.

Dave Kaplan a Gay Republican leader says that: "My hope is other gay Republicans who are closeted will figure out that it's better to come out on their own terms than have things blow up in their face." I agree!