I the last few months, Mark Foley was "outed" for his homosexual "hot chats" with the pages and now this evangelical minister out in Colorado apparently by a male prostitute.
Does a homosexual's political positions or religion determine whether it is appropriate to disclose another's sexual orientation, and why/why not?
2006-11-03 06:44:27 · 4 answers · asked by kingstubborn 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
Personally, the only time that I believe outing elected representatives is at all ethical is when they use their office in a directly related hypocritical manner (i.e. bashing gays or legislating against equality while falsely claiming to be straight).
Power blended with hypocrisy is the issue.
Of course, the Republican Party has a long history of outing the public policy irrelevant personal life of others when it doesn't pass the Ozzie and Harriet test, while going to great lengths to keep their own genuine public policy relevant misdeeds and hypocritical behaviors secret. (Not saying all Rep's are this way, just the Party as a whole seems quite persistent about it.)
2006-11-03 06:55:13 · answer #1 · answered by Alex62 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Actually his or her actions would determine whether or not "outing" a politician is in order. If the person is hypocritical, especially if what they claim to represent and what they do are two completely different things, it's not only appropriate to "out" them, I'd say it's the duty of every citizen to expose them for what they are.
Am I saying that someone who supposedly serves the public interest should not have a personal life? No, what I am saying is that duplicity needs to be exposed for the welfare of the Country as a whole.
2006-11-03 14:56:18 · answer #2 · answered by IndyT- For Da Ben Dan 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not their position or religion, but the fact that they're hypocritically using their positions in order to make life more difficult for other LGBT people. Haggard and Foley actively worked to made it harder for my wife and I, and others like us, to hold on to our legal marriage, yet they went and soliticited from escorts and teens hours afterwards? My sympathy well runs dry for them.
2006-11-03 14:51:06 · answer #3 · answered by GreenEyedLilo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think the guy who outed him finally got tired of seeing him use his powerful religious position to demonize gays when he himself was gay.
it's more of the hypocritical hatred from the religious right.
he shoudl have been outed long ago.
2006-11-03 14:51:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋