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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
On the other hand, he's a public servant holding a public position that is clearly at odds with the way he lives his life (if it's true that he's a homosexual), and it does seem rather hypocritical to espouse such an anti-homosexual view while practicing otherwise.
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It strikes me as rather unfortunate that a person in a particular group is presumed to be hypocritical unless that person follows the dominant views of that group, or that group's interest groups. In the long run, it really doesn't even benefit the group because it assures that any gay (or black, hispanic, female, whatever candidate) will toe the "gay" party line (or whichever), making broader support all the more challenging. ("Oh, he's the 'gay' candidate? Well I guess I know where he's got to stand on everything")
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