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To: Steely Tom

Studds is remembered chiefly for his role in the 1983 Congressional page sex scandal, when he and Representative Dan Crane were censured by the House of Representatives for separate sexual relationships with a minor – in Studds's case, a 1973 relationship with a 17-year-old male congressional page.

During the course of the House Ethics Committee's investigation, Studds publicly acknowledged his homosexuality, a disclosure that, according to a Washington Post article, "apparently was not news to many of his constituents." Studds stated in an address to the House, "It is not a simple task for any of us to meet adequately the obligations of either public or private life, let alone both, but these challenges are made substantially more complex when one is, as I am, both an elected public official and gay."

As the House read their censure of him, Studds turned his back and ignored them. Later, at a press conference with the former page standing beside him, the two stated that what had happened between them was nobody's business but their own.

-From Wikipedia


95 posted on 10/01/2006 5:38:29 AM PDT by eartotheground (king-jones-farkas RINO axis of evil)
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To: eartotheground
You left out the part where Studds (D-RAPIST) was reelected 5 MORE TIMES!

Peoples Republic of Massachussets. Go fig.

The Democrat's new motto should read "It's OK When we do it!"

>:(

127 posted on 10/01/2006 6:39:41 AM PDT by Connservative
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