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« on: January 04, 2014, 03:38:02 PM »

http://gawker.com/cbs-journalist-shatters-gop-congressmans-glass-closet-1494550684

There have been persistent rumors for awhile now...
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« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2014, 03:40:01 PM »

This is almost as surprising as Lance Bass and Rosie O'Donnell.
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« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2014, 03:41:42 PM »

If Schock really is out of the closet... He'll lose a primary in 2014.
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« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2014, 03:43:26 PM »

This is utterly schocking.
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« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2014, 03:48:29 PM »

Top notch reporting, scumbags at Gawker.
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« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2014, 03:55:14 PM »

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« Reply #6 on: January 04, 2014, 04:05:00 PM »

I'm not even kidding, just last night I was showing somebody that same picture Opebo posted and laughing about why it was only a matter of time before he was outed. Wasn't he caught leaving a gay bar in Tampa during the RNC?
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« Reply #7 on: January 04, 2014, 05:00:30 PM »

So?
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« Reply #8 on: January 04, 2014, 05:08:24 PM »


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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Schock#Social_issues
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« Reply #9 on: January 04, 2014, 05:25:01 PM »

Yeah, he should be outed and hopefully primaried.  I have no sympathy for fags who actually work to make the life of other gays harder because they can't accept themselves.  Screw this guy.
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« Reply #10 on: January 04, 2014, 05:25:54 PM »
« Edited: January 04, 2014, 08:25:18 PM by True Federalist »


You misunderstood.  Kevin knows.  It's just that he can only call Democrats hypocrites.
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« Reply #11 on: January 04, 2014, 05:46:18 PM »

Hopefully we'll get some definitive proof on this one and if true and he doesn't apologise for his political transgressions, he deserves to be politically thrown under a bus.
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« Reply #12 on: January 04, 2014, 05:59:45 PM »

Dear God, that belt and those trousers are a sight to horrible for human eyes. Never again.
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« Reply #13 on: January 04, 2014, 06:10:24 PM »

He deserves to lose his primary. Not because he's gay, but because he's gay and votes to treat himself and every other gay person like a second-class citizen.
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« Reply #14 on: January 04, 2014, 06:18:56 PM »

From Twitter. I thought this was cute.

The DC Center:

@aaronschock We're the LGBT Community Center in DC, and we're here for you if you need us!  We help folks all the time here.
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« Reply #15 on: January 04, 2014, 06:24:30 PM »

He deserves to lose his primary. Not because he's gay, but because he's gay and votes to treat himself and every other gay person like a second-class citizen.
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« Reply #16 on: January 04, 2014, 06:49:53 PM »

Dear God, that belt and those trousers are a sight to horrible for human eyes. Never again.
what's wrong with white pants
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« Reply #17 on: January 04, 2014, 07:15:06 PM »

Dear God, that belt and those trousers are a sight to horrible for human eyes. Never again.
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They are a few sizes too tight.
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« Reply #18 on: January 04, 2014, 07:38:32 PM »

Yeah, he should be outed and hopefully primaried.  I have no sympathy for fags who actually work to make the life of other gays harder because they can't accept themselves.  Screw this guy.

Claiming the moral high ground while dropping expletives?  People like Schock are "fags" while all other good gays are "second class citizens", disgusting. 

I don't really see this as hypocritical, Schock ran and was elected on a platform that did not include certain rights for homosexuals.  He's representing a constituency, which is much more admirable than merely voting for his own interests.

Also, I doubt he's in any more trouble electorally than Steve Gunderson was. 
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« Reply #19 on: January 04, 2014, 07:57:53 PM »

I don't get why he's a hypocrite. Just because he enjoys gay sex he necessarily needs to support gay marriage?
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« Reply #20 on: January 04, 2014, 08:42:11 PM »

I don't get why he's a hypocrite. Just because he enjoys gay sex he necessarily needs to support gay marriage?

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« Reply #21 on: January 04, 2014, 09:36:39 PM »

I don't care about politics, as a gay man I've always felt strongly that no one should be outed or blackmailed into outing themselves.
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« Reply #22 on: January 04, 2014, 10:00:21 PM »

Yeah, he should be outed and hopefully primaried.  I have no sympathy for fags who actually work to make the life of other gays harder because they can't accept themselves.  Screw this guy.

Claiming the moral high ground while dropping expletives?  People like Schock are "fags" while all other good gays are "second class citizens", disgusting. 

I don't really see this as hypocritical, Schock ran and was elected on a platform that did not include certain rights for homosexuals.  He's representing a constituency, which is much more admirable than merely voting for his own interests.

Also, I doubt he's in any more trouble electorally than Steve Gunderson was. 
I wouldn't expect a Mississippi Good Ole Boy in training to understand.

I don't care about politics, as a gay man I've always felt strongly that no one should be outed or blackmailed into outing themselves.
I'm also gay and I understand your feelings about this.  I only support outing in the case of gay closeted politicians who actively hurt other gays by using their power as politicians.

It wasn't just gay marriage... it was other things I care about even more (like hate crime legislation).

If he's going to work to ensure I'm treated as 2nd class, I'm going to support anything that ensures people know how 2nd class he is, too.

A helpful paraphrase from Nathan Lane in the bird cage:  "I say kill the mother too!  If you're going to kill the baby, why not take the mother down with the ship as well?" explaining her position on abortion to Gene Hackman.
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« Reply #23 on: January 04, 2014, 10:10:21 PM »

If Schock really is out of the closet... He'll lose a primary in 2014.

That would be hard to do since primary filing is over in IL and Schock has no primary opponent.
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« Reply #24 on: January 04, 2014, 10:16:28 PM »

Those of us who have no problem with homosexuality have a big problem with people pretending to be straight and being militant opponents of gay rights while being gay. The issue is hypocrisy, and it is much like discovering that someone who makes antisemitic smears has a Jewish grandmother.

Dislike something about your ancestry? Tough! You can't change it. Dislike being gay? Tough! You can't change that. I say, live with it. Anyone who can't adapt to an intractable reality of personal history or characteristics has no business setting public policy for the rest of us. There's more to politics than proving something about oneself -- especially if one seeks to deny something about oneself.



 
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