McCain's chief of staff about to be outed.

[rm]

I'll write about the politics of outing later, as it's a good topic, but for now, this:

http://queersunited.blogspot.com/2008/09/breaking-news-john-mccains-chief-of.html

It actually makes me terribly sad.

Comments

[nysidra.livejournal.com]

If the comments are to be trusted, the person being outed has been working to subverts GLBT rights. While it's fucked up to attack someone's sexuality, if that person is working to take away the rights of others then, well ...

*sighs*

I look forward to reading your take on this.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Exactly. I think the person in question is fair game. You work in politics, your personal life is at issue. Period. We all know this. Your personal life and what you advocate play against each other? Yeah, then you're really in for it. On the other hand, I'm rather sick of every group I'm a part of eating its own.

[timiathan.livejournal.com]

Bernie Sanders has no problem being a gay Congressman. There are plenty of constituencies out there that couldn't care less. All the matters is the hypocrisy of it, and the fact that your own supporters don't think your lifestyle has a right to exist. At first the whole political outing thing struck me as wrong, but I've completely changed my mind.