Nothing is More Fun than Watching a Christian Republican be Outed


There is much hand wringing amongst House Republicans these days. They cannot agree on how to stop government nor stop the growing support for abortions and LGBT+ rights. The Republican party was caught unprepared by the political swing toward gay and abortion rights and now is struggling to catch up. But, its old instincts are so ingrained it struggles to make a correction.

This was seen recently in a bitter exchange between two Republicans, Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida and Jason Smith of Missouri. They were over something or other when Smith called Gaetz a liar. An angry Gaetz responded saying Smith is "living a lie." That phrase, "living a lie" is tossed often at closeted gay people. When it was tossed at Smith everyone knew what was all about.

First, it was about Smith not being married like most Republican men and women. There was another aspect of Smith knowns by all who follow House politics. It was trips Smith took to gay resorts with another single man from the House. The other fellow is no longer in the House and has come out as gay. 

Smith has not come out as gay and is being taunted by Gaetz. Gaetz told the press his remark was not to imply Smith is gay. That was a wink-wink remark because he did not explain what "living a lie" referred to other than an anti gay smear. 

I wish I had kept a tally over these past decades of all the gay Republicans who voted and spoke out about the immorality of homosexuality. Another fun was Larry Craig, Senator from Idaho. He played footsie with a man in the next stall in the Minneapolis Airport. His partner in the footsie game was an undercover policeman and he was arrested. He was really big in anti-gay legislation.

It would be easy for any Republican to disregard accusations of being gay regardless of his/her own sexual orientation. It would be to hold the position there is nothing wrong with being gay, giving gay people equal rights or approving gay marriage. Any accusation would be met with "so what" and ignored. Speaking against gay rights makes every gay Republican a BIG news story.  


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