Va. Legislator Ends Bid for 3rd Term
Schrock Cites Unspecified Allegations Questioning His Ability to Serve
By Michael D. Shear and Chris L. Jenkins Washington Post Staff Writers Tuesday, August 31, 2004; Page A02
Rep. Edward L. Schrock (R-Va.) abruptly dropped out of his race for a third term yesterday, citing unspecified "allegations" that he said called into question his ability to represent his Virginia Beach district.
In a statement, Schrock, 63, did not address the nature of the allegations, but he said they "will not allow my campaign to focus on the real issues facing our nation and region." His chief of staff, Tom Gordy, refused any further comment last night.
Schrock's announcement came after a gay activist claimed on a Web site on Aug. 19 that Schrock is secretly gay.
Michael Rogers said his claims about Schrock were motivated by anger over what he said was the hypocrisy of the congressman's opposition to gay rights while leading a gay life. He said the purpose of his Web site is to make public the names of lawmakers and other politicians who engage in such hypocrisy.
"Why should my community protect him?" Rogers asked. "He's the enemy."
"This Mike Rogers has been at this for some time now."
Thanks, TexKat! The word for what this creep does is 'blackmail'.
http://www.washblade.com/2004/7-23/news/national/leaderout.cfm
Leader of GOP Senate effort is outed (Gay)
Allen’s former chief of staff refuses comment
By ADRIAN BRUNE
Friday, July 23, 2004
EXCERPT
Local gay activist Michael Rogers, who has led the effort to out gays working for conservative politicians, has compared Timmons to the late Roy Cohn, the high-profile gay attorney who started his career as an aide to former anti-communist Senator Joseph McCarthy.
“What this community is saying is that we will no longer tolerate the Roy Cohns of the world,” Rogers said. “We’re talking about gay men working for homophobes in the day, raising money for them and advocating their policies, and then going to the bars at night. Jay Timmons is a Roy Cohn.”
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Gay Community Still Divided Over 'Outing'
Tuesday, October 4, 2005
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"It's not the gay thing that's the problem — it's the
hypocrisy," said Michael Rogers, creator of a Web log
that has been at the fore of several recent outing
campaigns. "I'm going to be calling out the politicians who
vote against us and work against the interests of the
very community they come from."
Mike Rogers sees this guy as his ENEMY?? Mike Rogers must be such a FLAMER. I am getting sick of GAYS.