Posted on 08/25/2010 7:35:11 PM PDT by DesertRenegade
Ken Mehlman, who was President George W. Bush's campaign manager in 2004, has come out as gay - and wants to be an advocate for gay marriage.
Mehlman, also a former Republican National Committee chairman, told the Atlantic magazine "It's taken me 43 years to get comfortable with this part of my life."
He said friends, family and colleagues "have been wonderfully supportive."
When rumors of Mehlman's sexual orientation circulated years ago, he told several reporters that they were false.
Mehlman and his aides went to considerable lengths to conceal his sexual identity, arranging "dates" with women and photos of him dancing in heterosexual situations.
While he was a top GOP operative, the Republican Party was actively pushing anti-gay marriage initiatives. Mehlman acknowledged that if not for his secret, he might have been a voice for a more conciliatory approach to gays, according to the interview on the Atlantic's website.
"It's a legitimate question and one I understand," Mehlman said. Now, he said, he will openly back gay marriage as consistent with such GOP principles as "individual freedom."
Give me a break! He expects us to believe that he was engaging in sodomy with other men for DECADES because he found it uncomfortable? This guy is as dishonest as they come.
So when is the book coming out?
Another useful idiot emerges. He will be used by the left to promote their agenda.
Lindsey, you’re next.
Whatever
Another glass-door closet.
lol...No surprise here.
It was a queer federal judge appointed by Bush, that attempted to derail the California queer marriage ban.
2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten announces that he’s heterosexual - after all these years I’ve finally decided to announce this to the world. Thank you.
If he didn’t think his sexuality was a reason to change the laws and the culture, no one would mind.
Gee wiz, Ken, did you have to lie about it?
I’m curious what prompted Mehlman to suddenly make a big public announcement about his bedroom lifestyle. Has he suddenly become ill and wants to make amends for degenerate behavioral choices, is a young male trick about to sue him? There is no doubt something that forced this revelation and will emerge sooner or later.
Well, as soon as he can explain how two people of the same sex can join together as husband and wife, he'll have a good argument.
And while we are making annoucements that nobody cares about - I had a pedicure today.
Right...why would he want to make this public with such fanfare? Makes no sense.
I don't know if Lindsey is gay or not but I'd bet that his bf is
Cool - I ate a piece of cake for desert at a restaurant earlier.
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