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Gay votes in & out of closet
The table shows each member's voting record on gay issues, according to the Human Rights Campaign report card, with an asterisk marking when each came out under pressure or was outed.
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HOME > VIEWPOINT > EDITORIAL
By: CHRIS CRAIN COMMENTS
 
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with or without a nudge, the better their voting record on gay rights issues. The deeper the hole they dig with their lives, the more their voting records reflect their own self-loathing, and the sadder the end they come to.
DESPITE THE ETHICAL dangers in outing politicians or threatening to do so — and the Blade’s policy has been the subject of some commentary — there’s little question of its effectiveness, whether or not the ends justify the means.
Until now, every major gay rights group has flatly rejected outing and resisted putting public pressure on closeted members who vote against the interest of their own people. Their “good cop” approach hasn’t borne much fruit so far.
No one has emerged to take the place of Gunderson and Kolbe, and Foley still hasn’t come out, even after his political career “topped out” when he dropped his Senate bid over the outing flap.
Until something changes that dynamic, a chill wind will continue to blow in our nation’s capital.
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