Hill Republicans air out the closet

[Mountain Dude]

An interesting article -- especially after the gay bashing by this administration.

The full article at the hot link below:

Hill Republicans air out the closet

Foley scandal points up acceptance and anxieties of gay staffers

By Jose Antonio Vargas

The Washington Post

Updated: 1:10 a.m. MT Oct 20, 2006

In October 1993, after the ban on gays in the military was replaced with a "don't ask, don't tell" policy, three Oklahoma congressmen said they wouldn't hire an openly gay person onto their staffs. Then-Rep. Jim Inhofe ? told the Tulsa World: "I would not appoint a gay person in that type of leadership position."

That declaration sent a ripple of fear across a certain set on Capitol Hill. A small, bipartisan group of staffers huddled and formed the Lesbian and Gay Congressional Staff Association, which now has a confidential e-mail list of more than 200. And a frustrated aide contacted the Tulsa World and gave an anonymous interview.

I'm gay, he told the newspaper, and I'm on Inhofe's staff.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15338792/

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgMRZmUzayw

or this one maybe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tShltUGhpJU

[Trab]

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