John Aravosis has a timely post at America Blog that calls for and investigation of Senator Lindsey Graham and "outing: him. I agree wholeheartedly with John. There is no reason why closeted gay politicians who daily harm normal gays who are simply trying to go about live their lives should be given any deference. Their hypocrisy is disgusting and, in my view, they need to pay a price for the evil they are doing to other. That's why I contacted Mike Rogers and help set things in motion to out former Virginia Congressman Ed Schrock.
For background, Schrock had the second most anti-gay voting record in the House and pandered to the Christofascists by making numerous statements about his concerns about gays looking at other service members in the shower. Meanwhile, he himself was trolling for gay sex and stupidly met a guy I knew who immediately called me. When I confronted Schrock's office, Schrock called me himself on his cell phone and then I received threats from his staff. I don't doubt that Graham is engaging in similar conduct. Therefore, he needs to be outed - the sooner, the better, although waiting until the GOP is locked into him as the party nominee has a sense of deliciousness to it as well. Here are highlights from John's post:
It’s time to finally out Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC). Graham has had it coming for a while now. Not because he’s a Republican. But because he’s an anti-gay Republican. And while it’s one thing to be gay and a closet case, it’s quite another to be a hypocrite, an anti-gay gay, someone who uses his power to harm others in the name of morality, all the while knowing secretly that he is one of the others.
In this case, Graham’s hypocrisy that broke the camel’s back is immigration reform. I have it on good authority from someone intimately involved in the immigration reform process that Lindsey Graham is the central reason that the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA), which would help stop the forced deportation of foreign-born gay spouses, is being blocked from being added to the immigration bill. While other Senators might be bluffing about their opposition to addressing the immigration needs of gay binational couples in immigration reform, I’m told Graham isn’t bluffing.
The obvious question arises as to why Graham is holding gays hostage in the immigration bill.
One theory is that UAFA is Graham’s legislative beard. A beard is a woman a gay man socializes with in order to throw off suspicions that he’s actually gay. In this case, the theory goes, Lindsey Graham is using UAFA in order to throw off the suspicions of the Tea Party voters back home who are challenging him in a high-profile primary. Their suspicions are that: A) Graham is a liberal; and B) he’s gay.
Graham’s support for immigration reform is hardly helping him dispel the closet liberal image. But his opposition to UAFA, the theory goes, is a two-fer: It let’s Graham oppose something, anything, related to immigration reform (his support for the measure has been a thorn in his side with the far-right back home), and it has the added benefit of bashing gays.
Lindsey Graham voted against the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, because he believed that gays should not be serving in the US military. . . . . The question facing us is not whether you or I think Lindsey Graham’s sexual orientation is relevant to a public policy debate. The question confronting us is whether Lindsey Graham thinks one’s sexual orientation is relevant, and he does. So by the Graham Standard, America deserves to know if Air Force Reserve Colonel Lindsey Graham is gay.
I don’t know if Lindsey Graham is gay. But I’m having a difficult time believing that he’s straight (and I’m clearly not the only one). And what’s more, he seems to be having a difficult time proving it, or even explaining it.
Lindsey Graham decided long ago that one’s sexual orientation was fair game for politics, then so be it. It’s time someone did an in-depth investigation of whether Lindsey Graham is gay, straight, or asexual, because under the Graham Standard, America has a right to know.
I agree with John 100%. Graham needs to be outed if he's gay.
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