Also, was there anything else noteworthy about this Congressman?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Studds
2007-12-17 00:10:21 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Gay & democrat, goes together like salt and pepper.
Studds was best known for being openly democrat, I mean gay, entering into a marriage with another democrat, I mean gay person.
His achievements:
1) got in trouble for bending over the pages when he molested 17 your old boys, during the "house page" scandal
2) was asked to kick field goals for the New England Patriots, the coach said Gerry Studds doesn't choke on the long ones.
3) discovered the first warning sign for contracting the AIDs virus, starts with a pounding sensation in your lower back side.
2007-12-17 07:59:50 · answer #1 · answered by ? 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Gerry Studds, the first openly gay member of Congress and a demanding advocate for New England fishermen and for gay rights, died early Saturday at Boston University Medical Center, his husband said.
The cause was a vascular illness that led him to collapse while walking his dog Oct. 3 in Boston. Mr. Studds was 69.
From 1973 to 1997, Mr. Studds represented the Massachusetts district where he grew up, covering Cape Cod and the barnacled old fishing towns near the coast. He was the first Democrat to win the district in 50 years, and over the course of 12 terms, he sponsored several laws that helped protect local fisheries and create national parks along the Massachusetts shore.
A former foreign service officer with degrees from Yale, he was also a leading critic of President Ronald Reagan's clandestine support of the Contra rebels in Nicaragua. He staunchly opposed the Strategic Defense Initiative, which Studds once described as "the Edsel of the 1980s" -- overpriced and oversold.
His homosexuality was revealed through scandal. In 1983, he was censured by the House of Representatives for having had an affair 10 years earlier with a 17-year-old congressional page. For Mr. Studds, formal and dignified, a model of old New England reserve, the discovery sparked intense anguish, friends said.
Once outed, however, Mr. Studds refused to buckle to conservative pressure to resign. "All members of Congress are in need of humbling experiences from time to time," he said at the time.
But he never apologized. He defended the relationship with the 17 year old male page, as consensual and condemned the investigation, saying it had invaded his privacy.
Studds left Congress and became a lobbyist for the fishing industry and environmental causes.
In 1996, Congress named the 842-square mile Gerry E. Studds Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary after him in recognition of his work protecting the marine environment.
2007-12-17 00:21:43 · answer #2 · answered by moocowsforever 2 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Just another Dem with a corrupted past. Probably a member of the secret group at Yale. Was a Massachusetts liberal.
2007-12-17 02:58:20 · answer #3 · answered by My Baby! 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Studds was yet another liberal hero, that depite his criminal activity, was allowed to continue unscathed in the political realm.
2007-12-17 14:20:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Barney Frank was his mentor and he was a Democrat and like Barney Frank...the Democrats refused to censure him for his criminal homosexual activities with young boys. Dead at the age of 69...how appropriate. The flag over NAMBLA Headquarters is flying half staff today in rememberance of one of their fallen heroes.
2007-12-17 00:21:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
Let me guess...A Demoncrate!
So much for touching a mans foot in bathroom stall.
2007-12-17 17:14:27 · answer #6 · answered by ak6702 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Democrat, and didn't he have gay sex with a minor or something? And no - I didn't have to look that up.
Oh, the other difference? I don't think the Dems did anything about it either. When it's one of their own, they're OK with scandal.
2007-12-17 00:12:40 · answer #7 · answered by Slappy McStretchNuts 5 · 3⤊ 4⤋
You know who he is. You also know that republicans were implicated in the same scandal.
2007-12-17 00:40:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 3⤋
You have the wiki page, why are you asking us?
2007-12-17 00:12:48 · answer #9 · answered by perchorin 5 · 5⤊ 4⤋