Top 10 Conservative Anti-Gay Activists Caught Being Gay By Joanne
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In light of prominent anti-gay activist Roy Ashburn recently being
caught walking out of a gay bar, and proving once again that
conservative voters have little to no Gaydar, here's a list of 10
conservative anti-gay activists who turned out to be gay themselves.
1. Troy King
This top entry, Alabama Attorney General Troy King, plays itself out in
beautiful symmetry.
Known for his vocal opposition to gay rights and for his attempt to
outlaw sex toys, King was caught by his wife while having sex with a
local homecoming King from--wait for it--Troy University.
Someone get the mascot over here and have it do a little dance.
2. Jim West
Spokane Mayor Jim West has worked really hard to debilitate gay rights
in his community. He supported a bill to ban gays and lesbians from
working in schools, daycare centers, and some state agencies, as well as
a bill that bars the state from distributing pamphlets informing people
how to protect themselves from HIV/AIDS.
He's proposed that "any touching of the sexual or other intimate parts
of a person" among teens be considered a criminal act.
However, for 25 years, West was having sexual relationships with boys
and young men from his community and was, before he was caught,
frequenting the very incognito website--just to show you his ninja
skills--gay.com
All under the covers, of course. He even offered to find boys he'd
"befriended" jobs with the city of Spokane in exchange for sex.
Some handcuffs, please. And no, not that kind.
3. Richard Curtis
This Washington State Representative has an anti-gay rights voting
record--he voted against domestic partnerships for gays and opposed a
bill prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation.
Oh really now? Well, it wasn't before long that Mr. Mega-Compensation
resigned from the House due to reports of his sexual encounter with a
male escort being made, you know, "public" and all.
The reputed male prostitute, Cody Castagna, with whom he was cavorting,
told police that Curtis offered him $1,000 to have sex with him and that
Curtis purchased two gay pornographic films from the hotel for them to
watch in his room.
Even more, this all went down with Curtis wearing a red negligee and
Castagna has pictures to prove it. Pictures he only took as revenge when
it was discovered that Curtis only had $200 in his wallet.
That's something to smile about. For us.
4. Bruce Barclay
Bruce Barclay, the Republican commissioner of Cumberland County,
Pennsylvania, is practically the gay porn star of politics. Due to an
allegation of rape by 20-year-old male Marshall McCurdy, police obtained
a warrant to search Barclay's home on March 31st.
They didn't find evidence of rape.
Instead, they found videotapes of hundreds of sexual encounters with men
that Barclay filmed on high-tech surveillance cameras. It was apparent
that Barclay and McCurdy had consensual sex.
It was also apparent that his personal Republican stance was not as
right-wing as he'd led people to believe.
5. Roy Ashburn
On March 3, 2010, this conservative California State Senator, who always
votes against any gay-rights bills, should have just stayed in for the
night.
But then again, if he did, he wouldn't have accidentally outted himself
in such a grand way.
As the story goes, after leaving a gay bar with an unidentified man, Roy
Ashburn was arrested for DUI.
Despite his classy reveal, the point is this: he left a gay bar with an
unidentified man. Since then, Ashburn has admitted that he's gay to KERN
radio host Inga Barks, but that his voting record reflects his
"responsibility to [his] constituents".
6. Larry Craig
Former Idaho Republican, Larry Craig, who served 18 years in the U.S.
Senate, supported the Federal Marriage Amendment which banned marriage
rights to same-sex couples and has a 0 rating from the Human Rights
Campaign group.
His rating for lewd conduct, however, was raging high when he was
arrested at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on June 11,
2007 for cottaging an undercover police officer.
A male undercover police officer.
Can the HRC give out negative ratings? Please?
7. Ed Schrock
Ed Schrock vehemently opposed gay-rights issues during his two terms in
Congress. From same-sex marriage to allowing gays in the military, he
was 100% against anything gay happening anywhere on, or near, the grid.
Meanwhile, off the grid: August 30, 2004, Ed Schrock dropped out of the
race for his third term in Congress after being caught on tape
soliciting sex from a gay prostitute.
Don't know why it was so incriminating he didn't even run, he could have
just said what the next guy did when he got caught for the same thing...
8. Robert Allen
The truth comes out in a public restroom yet again. Florida State
Representative, Robert Allen, was arrested for offering to perform
fellatio to an undercover cop in the men's room of a park for $20.
The politician backed himself up by saying he only offered the policeman
oral sex because he was afraid of black people and "didn't want to
become a statistic"... which makes about as much sense to us as it does
to you.
Statistics, though, show that Allen--who is married with children--has
always voted against gay rights legislation.
His voting record is over 90% in line with the Christian Coalition, an
advocacy group for anti-gay amendments.
He has achieved quite a bit, though, in going from anti-gay, to racist,
to hypocrite, all the way to contradictory math error all in one day.
Hats off!
9. Ted Haggard
Known as Pastor Ted to his congregation at New Life Church in Colorado
Springs, Colorado, Ted Haggard was outed by prostitute, and professional
masseur, Mike Jones in November 2006 for paying him to engage in sex
with him for three years.
He was also purchasing, then using, crystal methamphetamine ("Crystal
Meth", for all the kids out there) with his pay-for-play partner.
Haggard had supported Colorado Amendment 43, which bans same-sex
marriage in the state.
In his own words, he's not a homosexual, he's just a "heterosexual with
issues."
10. Mark Foley
Oh, Mark Foley.
A man formerly in charge of the House Caucus on Missing and Exploited
Children (which dealt with legislation protecting Americans against
sexual predators, and made stricter guidelines for tracking them) was
caught having unlawful internet conversations via IM and email with two
former pages (aged 16 and 18... oh, the irony).
Later, two news organizations quoted anonymous former pages saying they
had sexual liaisons with Foley after turning 18 and 21.
Foley's answer to this, after all was said and done (through his
lawyer), was that he had never "ever had inappropriate sexual contact
with a minor in his life" and that he is "absolutely, positively not a
pedophile".
His lawyer also said that Foley was a victim of sexual assault by an
(unnamed) clergyman as a child and that the inappropriate conversations
he had with the pages were due to alcoholism. Which is all a pretty
convenient way to promote the right-wing "gay = disease" angle while
still going down in flames.
His lawyer also stated that Foley is gay, even after Foley described
even the thought of early allegations of his homosexuality as "revolting
and unforgivable".
Apparently, his homosexuality had been an "open secret" in Washington
for years.
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