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Jay Timmons, executive director of a committee designed to keep Republican control of the U.S. Senate, is the latest target of a gay activist who is outing closeted staff workers on Capitol Hill.
 
 
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urged others to call Timmons’ office.

“Now some of you might find this impossible to believe, but pick up the phone and call him, just like I did.”

With that entreaty, Rogers launched a slightly altered, and considerably more aggressive approach in his campaign to “highlight” the sexual orientations of gay staffers who work for anti-gay legislators.

Rogers, who discussed the outing phenomemon Tuesday night in an appearance on “The O’Reilly Factor” with conservative Fox News host Bill O’Reilly, asserted that the campaign he spearheaded “has accomplished 100 times more than we set out to do.”

His next step, he said, will be to monitor and reveal the actions of straight pro-family politicians, backing “pro-family” platforms, but not personally abiding by them.

“I believe that every bit of activism counts,” Rogers said.

Adrian Brune can be reached at abrune@washblade.com.

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