Republicans in the closet

Ganymede, Zeus' cup-bearer and male sexual companion: the Republicans need to make peace with him

Joe Conason has a thoughtful column in which he raises a very good question: since so many conservative Republicans are gay, including some that have had important roles in the Party and the conservative movement, maybe the Republicans should seriously think about laying off all the anti-gay agitation: The GOP's crowded closet Salon 08/31/07.

As I said in an earlier post, I'm dubious about to what extent it damages the Party politically, or even individual candidates who are caught somehow involved in gay sexual activity.

But the Party's anti-gay atmosphere and ideology does force gay Republicans to live in public and even private denial of their sexual orientations. This is not right and it's not healthy.

Why don't they just stop it?

Tags: gay rights, republican party

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