The caption of this post is seemingly the type of headline that Maggie Gallagher, Pope Benedict XIV, Tony Perkins, Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention, and other opponents of any rights for LGBT citizens like to see. Otherwise, they would not claim gays can be "cured," endeavor to denigrate LGBT individuals at every turn, and oppose all recognition of same sex couples and relationships. Instead of accepting that homosexuality is a naturally occurring sexual orientation as recognized by all legitimate medical and mental health associations, these bigots - who like Maggie Gallagher all too often benefit financially from their very public homophobia - seem to enjoy forcing LGBT individuals to live in the closet and disastrously try to be straight. I know all about this first hand. I fell for the anti-gay bullshit, married and struggled for over two decades trying to deny reality. The ending was very messy and I suspect my ex-wife felt much like Ms. Blunt. And who is at fault? My vote goes to those who viciously and often cynically disseminate endless anti-gay rhetoric - not Crispin Blunt or his wife Victoria. Both of them are victims of the ignorance and bigotry of false Christians and professional Christians who drive people to do precisely what I and MP Blunt tried to do. Here are highlights from the Daily Mail:*
The wife of prisons minister Crispin Blunt is 'completely traumatised' by his admission that he is gay. The couple have separated after nearly 20 years of marriage following Mr Blunt's shock confession on Friday that he has been living a lie. Friends say Victoria Blunt - a former banker, and the daughter of a wealthy American - felt betrayed because she had sacrificed her career and used her fortune to support her husband's political life.
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Mr Blunt, MP for Reigate in Surrey since 1997, went to such lengths to conceal his homosexuality that he risked claims of hypocrisy. His election literature and profile on the Conservative party website sold him to voters as a husband and father of two. And in a Parliamentary debate, he once claimed homosexuality is 'not equivalent to heterosexuality'.
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Friends have revealed Mr Blunt took the decision to come clean about his sexuality after Liberal Democrat Treasury minister David Laws was forced to resign earlier this year when it emerged that he had been paying taxpayers money in rent to his gay lover.
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'The Laws episode was decisive,' says an acquaintance of Mr Blunt, 'because Crispin saw that the fire storm which descended was nothing to do with Laws' homosexuality and everything to do with his deceit.' Mr Blunt, uncle of actress Emily Blunt, felt 'envy' as the Laws affair unravelled. 'He saw and envied David's liberation,' says the acquaintance. 'It started him thinking that he could do it as well. It was like watching a dry run of what he knew he would have to go through. Laws is like a new man since he came out.
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The news also came as a complete shock to Mr Blunt's privately-educated children, 18-year-old Claudia and Freddie, who turned 16 last month. Both children have just sat their GCSEs and A-levels, another factor believed to be involved in the timing of Blunt's revelation. 'Crispin had battled with his conscience for years because of his wife,' the acquaintance said. 'His children are now well into their teens. He realised that it was now or never.
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'He's felt an awful lot of guilt at the hurt that his announcement has caused within his family but more than anything now, he feels utter relief.'
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I wish all in the Blunt family the best of luck as this difficult issue and process continues. I suspect I know all too well the guilt that Mr. Blunt is likely feeling. There will be a lot of assignments of guilt, but the real guilty parties are those who knowingly - and with no remorse - create the atmosphere where men and women feel compelled to try to be someone who they are not.
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