Posted on 01/08/2005 2:31:53 PM PST by quidnunc
He fathered children, so he was not gay.
Bisexual, maybe, but not gay. And I believe he was hetero.
I don't know, Mary Todd Lincoln could make practically anybody consider going the other way
Tomorrow's New York Times Book Review (available today) has a review of this book. It concludes that the evidence is skimpy at best and that the author had a gay agenda.
Didn't you know that every prominent person in history was gay? If you don't believe me, just ask a gay activist!
Is this for real? I've never heard anything about Lincoln being gay, bi, or whatever. Good golly, am I and Mr. M the only straight people on planet Earth anymore?
Considering the way things were back in that time period, sleeping in the same bed with another man probably wasn't that uncommon. It also wouldn't mean you were gay. Better than sleeping on the cold floor when no other bed was available.
At some point in our lives (which only last about 80+ years)we must choose which endeavors to undertake, which to avoid and which to leave to others.
I choose to pursue those which produce less stomach acid and thus, shall not let this conundrum take root in the few brain cells that I have not yet rented out.
Lord have mercy. Abe is supposed to be black too. Ever find the twig in his wood pile?
Wow that's great "proof."
In the words of Homer Simpson:
Marge: Homer, he prefers the company of men.
Homer: Who doesn't?
As funds were usually short (and because it left more money for beer) we invariably stayed at YMCA's or other cheap hotels and (gasp, shudder) double-bunked. It did lead to a certain amount of of coarse humor about personal hygiene, for example, but certainly no homo taint was attached. Come to think of it , public dances, girls danced with each other if no males were bold enough to ask them, also---
This was floating out here on FR a few weeks ago. It is amazing the lengths these folks go to in order to promote their agenda. I, for one, doubt it, especially given that Lincoln had at the time more than a few detractors that would have loved to dig this kind of thing up on him. In those days, it would have probably cost him the presidency to boot.
If Abe was gay who was his lover, someone blind? "Oh darling that wart is soooo hot!"
Well this certainly exonerates John Wilkes Boothe. Lincoln obviousely blew out his own brains in that Ford's Theatre box. Being President he probably had aides.
--he certainly did have aides--John Hay was one of the better known--
Well, as butt-ugly as they both were, they managed to have 4 children, and they did sleep in the same bed. You can't even say that about the Clintons...
A protégé of Kinsey? Do we need any more proof that this is a gay agenda-driven lie?
LOL!
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