Republicans run for cover when the gay journo approaches

[varun]

http://nypress.com/17/37/news&columns/signorile.cfm

September 14, 2004
OUT IN THE GARDEN
Republicans run for cover when the gay journo approaches.

By Michelangelo Signorile

WHEN GOVERNOR MITT ROMNEY of Massachusetts came onstage during the
Republican National Convention, I happened to be standing 10 feet away from
Mary Cheney, the lesbian daughter of Dick. Mary, there to see both her
mother and her father address the convention that night, was sitting in a
row designated for the vice president's family, a few rows up from the floor
of Madison Square Garden. To Mary's left was her partner Heather Poe, whose
relationship with Mary is an affront to "civilization," at least according
to the convention platform's discussion of relationships. On Mary's right
was her sister Liz...

...Mary hadn't shown up for the first two nights of the RNC. However, she did
attend the convention on Thursday night for George W. Bush's speech, in
addition to the third night that featured Lynne and Dick. But when it came
time for both the Bush and Cheney families to appear onstage at the end of
the convention, Mary and Heather were nowhere to be found, having literally
vanished into the night even as Liz and the rest of the Cheney family took
the stage.

Thus is the life of a gay Republican in George W. Bush's Republican Party-a
lot of self-loathing, and a lot of dodging the press and the spotlight. When
Arnold Schwarzenegger repeated his "girlie men" comment from the stage on
night two, I was standing next to Congressman Mark Foley, the Florida
Republican who voted for the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996 and was outed
as gay-for a second time-last year, in the Broward/Palm Beach New Times. He
retained his fake smile but clearly winced. Then he completely freaked as I
approached him for a comment...

[dennis4868]

1. thanks for the post

[Obamarama]

2. Interesting read

Thanks