You can't make this stuff up.
Posted on 04/22/2010 10:39:15 AM PDT by Born Conservative
It's happened so often that it's now a cultural cliche: the gay politician pretending to be straight. In most parts of the nation, homosexuality or bisexuality is a clear electoral liability.
Not in Center City's 182d state House district. There, it's a badge of honor.
Veteran Rep. Babette Josephs (D., Phila.) last Thursday accused her primary opponent, Gregg Kravitz, of pretending to be bisexual in order to pander to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender voters, a powerful bloc in the district.
"I outed him as a straight person," Josephs said during a fund-raiser at the Black Sheep Pub & Restaurant, as some in the audience gasped or laughed, "and now he goes around telling people, quote, 'I swing both ways.' That's quite a respectful way to talk about sexuality. This guy's a gem."
Kravitz, 29, said that he is sexually attracted to both men and women and called Josephs' comments offensive.
"That kind of taunting is going to make it more difficult for closeted members of the LGBT community to be comfortable with themselves," Kravitz said. "It's damaging."
But others said the remarkable quarrel itself was a sign of progress.
"We've hit a new high point when candidates are accused of pretending to be gay to win a seat," said Mark Segal, publisher of the Philadelphia Gay News and a pioneering civil rights advocate.
(Excerpt) Read more at philly.com ...
Ping
He’s been “inned.”
Pretty sick when getting “outed” as straight is a bad thing. What is wrong with our world?
Listen, if a straight man who claims he likes men must really be dedicated to whatever he is lying for.
Are these people EVER happy?
You can't make this stuff up.
I consider myself pretty good at understanding obtuse references but, for the life of me, I don’t get this one.
Clue me in, LV.
So, let me see. Gay people can represent straight people because to suggest that gays are different would be prejudicial and biased but straight people cannot represent gay people because to suggest that gays aren’t different would be prejudicial and biased. Do I have that right?
Why do you think they co-opted the word?
Interesting to see them turn against bi-sexuals. They hate, hate, hate them because it exposes the lie that sexuality is fixed. (which btw Kinsey argued just the opposite).
LOL - that’s the point. Like the story, it makes no sense at all. ;o)
So, it’s not obtuse and neither is it a reference.
It is what it isn’t.
Ok. Thx.
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