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Bluenorthwest

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9. The reason some straights are so opposed to out LGBT people is that they, the straights are in their

Reply to cal04 (Original post)

Mon Jan 26, 2015, 04:12 PM

Jan 2015

own closets and like it that way. They like the facade of suburban perfection as cover for their own sex lives. If the gays are honest, they might have to be honest too.
So I support what she's doing. Entirely.

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Gay Alabama Lawmaker Threatens To Expose Colleagues' Marital Infidelity [View all] cal04 Jan 2015 OP

Blackmail pretty much. Lancero Jan 2015 #1

Oh stop. notadmblnd Jan 2015 #2

Two wrongs don't make a right. Lancero Jan 2015 #5

But two rights are are always right! jen1980 Jan 2015 #10

So which groups actions do you consider right? Lancero Jan 2015 #13

They are public officials, and if their positions are family values there still_one Jan 2015 #4

I agree that the information should be free game. Lancero Jan 2015 #6

No, she says if they start in with fakery and bullshit she will call it what it is. Bluenorthwest Jan 2015 #11

Differing definitions, but I agree with you on that Lancero Jan 2015 #14

I'd like to see her do this... an obvious and unarguable expose of family-values hypocrites LanternWaste Jan 2015 #3

Good for her. nt kelliekat44 Jan 2015 #7

Good for her Tom Ripley Jan 2015 #8

The reason some straights are so opposed to out LGBT people is that they, the straights are in their Bluenorthwest Jan 2015 #9

I'd say she is morally within her rights. "People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw rocks." libdem4life Jan 2015 #12

More here KamaAina Jan 2015 #15

Blackmailing lawmakers, even in a good cause, is very wrong indeed. Donald Ian Rankin Jan 2015 #16

Blackmail..? I don't think so. Bigmack Jan 2015 #17