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UCmeNdc

(9,589 posts)
Sat May 30, 2015, 06:46 AM May 2015

Dennis Hastert’s secret gay ‘misconduct’ is even worse given his terrible voting record on gay right

Although the indictment provides little information about the nature of that misconduct, the Los Angeles Times, citing law enforcement sources, reports that Hastert was paying to cover up sexual indiscretions with a person of the same gender he knew from coaching youth wrestling.

“I felt a special bond with our wrestlers,” Hastert wrote in his 2004 memoir. “And I think they felt one with me.”

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/05/dennis-hasterts-secret-gay-misconduct-is-even-worse-given-his-terrible-voting-record-on-gay-rights/comments/#disqus

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Dennis Hastert’s secret gay ‘misconduct’ is even worse given his terrible voting record on gay right (Original Post) UCmeNdc May 2015 OP
Until we know the age of the person marym625 May 2015 #1
"...so deep in the closet he is finding Christmas presents..." Raster May 2015 #3
Glad you like it marym625 May 2015 #4
so deep in the closet, he's the Queen of Narnia Raster May 2015 #6
The gay angle is important though because of his own record on legislating against LGBT rights. phleshdef May 2015 #10
not enough information yet gwheezie May 2015 #2
Now we know why he supported Mark Foley Fearless May 2015 #5
They were all in it together Rosa Luxemburg May 2015 #7
This isn't a gay issue Joe Nation May 2015 #8
Exactly. tavernier May 2015 #9
Its a gay issue in terms of his voting record though. phleshdef May 2015 #11
High school is 16-18. joshcryer May 2015 #12
How do we know it's serious? DFW May 2015 #13
Nope. When he actively participated against the LGBT community then he's fair game GOLGO 13 Jun 2015 #14

marym625

(17,997 posts)
1. Until we know the age of the person
Sat May 30, 2015, 07:19 AM
May 2015

I wish that the gay angle wasn't used. If he's gay and so deep in the closet he is finding Christmas presents, it's one thing. But if he's a ephebophile, that's another thing entirely.

I suspect that the victim is a teenager, considering the high school wrestler references

 

phleshdef

(11,936 posts)
10. The gay angle is important though because of his own record on legislating against LGBT rights.
Sun May 31, 2015, 02:52 AM
May 2015

Thats of course the point of the article in the OP. Its another example of how these guys that "doth protest too much" are really living in their personal lives.

gwheezie

(3,580 posts)
2. not enough information yet
Sat May 30, 2015, 07:47 AM
May 2015

It is creepy though and not because of gay sex. Its the being a coach and abusing underage students that is creepy.

tavernier

(12,322 posts)
9. Exactly.
Sat May 30, 2015, 05:01 PM
May 2015

The OP had me saying, "WHUTTT?"

A pedophile molests children. What on earth does that have to do with being gay?

 

phleshdef

(11,936 posts)
11. Its a gay issue in terms of his voting record though.
Sun May 31, 2015, 02:58 AM
May 2015

Pedophiles are gay, straight or bi as well in terms of what gender the sick fucks choose to prey on. Seems like Hastert is totally into messing around with males while using his legislative power to oppress others who were/are in real relationships, full of much more purity and love than anything he could ever be apart of.

joshcryer

(62,265 posts)
12. High school is 16-18.
Sun May 31, 2015, 04:40 AM
May 2015

Don't be absurd.

He might be in trouble this day and age with age of consent and other laws preventing people in positions of authority from having sex with subordinates.

But at the time he likely only violated anti-sodomy laws.

It was likely a coercive relationship with a coach in a position of power manipulating a student and the student grew up to be an adult, lived their life for some time, and remembered what they went through, and decided to cash out.

DFW

(54,056 posts)
13. How do we know it's serious?
Sun May 31, 2015, 06:57 AM
May 2015

When Fox Noise started calling him a Democrat, then you KNOW it's serious!

GOLGO 13

(1,681 posts)
14. Nope. When he actively participated against the LGBT community then he's fair game
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 08:45 AM
Jun 2015

Hold nothing back when taking on self-loathing monsters like this.

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