There were always rumors about this guy and it looks like they were true.
Please tell me he's not married or worse, has kids....
Floridians were aware of his homosexuality, but he voted the way his district wanted, "brought home the bacon," and kept his sexual deviation out of his constituency's face. He even crafted many of his official acts and House votes to camouflage his own perverse proclivities, supporting tougher enforcement against child pornographers and other sex offenders, even sheparding through a bill to give organizations like the Boy Scouts access to FBI fingerprint files for scout leader background checks. That was probably one of the moves that eventually sealed his doom. Anything done in support of the BSA is a major felony to democrats, not just to homosexuals.
Then there was his opposition to a teenagers' program at a Florida nudist resort -- all of this intended to counter the talk about his being a nellie boy. Yet another transgression that democrats most likely never forgave him for, was his active support of Bush during the 2000 Florida election fiasco.
When he decided to file for a Senate seat that the democrats wanted for themselves, they gave the liberal media the green light and finally took him out of the game entirely, just when it would be most difficult for the Republicans to substitute a candidate and campaign effectively.
Despite his repeated indignant evasions over the years, his homosexuality was never really in question to those in his state and district. They just wanted him to stay in the closet, so they could continue voting for this blockhead. Now that's no longer possible.