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pacalo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-24-07 01:54 PM
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2. For me, it's a no-brainer: yes, they should be outed.
If they are bold enough to garner votes from the religious fundamentalists by speaking out against gays & supporting legislation that takes away or denies human rights from gays, then the hypocritical public servants more than deserve to have their true colors shown for all to see.

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  -Should all Republican gays be "outed?" Cyrano  Sep-24-07 01:47 PM   #0 
  - Although I'm generally against outing in private life,  Warpy   Sep-24-07 01:51 PM   #1 
  - For me, it's a no-brainer: yes, they should be outed.  8_year_nightmare   Sep-24-07 01:54 PM   #2 
  - I wish they could be 'outed'...  stillcool47   Sep-24-07 01:58 PM   #3 
  - If they vote with  Nite Owl   Sep-24-07 02:01 PM   #4 
  - Yes Yes Yes  donheld   Sep-24-07 02:02 PM   #5 
  - hard for me to answer that as I think there should be no reason for the closet in the first place  madokie   Sep-24-07 02:04 PM   #6 
  - Absolutely.  lateo   Sep-24-07 02:09 PM   #7 
  - If they oppose rights for gays, and they are themselves gay, that should be public info. (nt)  FreepFryer   Sep-24-07 02:10 PM   #8 
  - No  Ohio Joe   Sep-24-07 02:11 PM   #9 
  - That reminds me of the old public information campaign against drunk drivers.  yardwork   Sep-24-07 02:14 PM   #12 
     - Using someone sexuality against them...  Ohio Joe   Sep-24-07 02:19 PM   #14 
        - Did you even read my post? I specifically stated that humiliation is not my goal at all.  yardwork   Sep-24-07 02:44 PM   #22 
           - Yes, I did read it  Ohio Joe   Sep-24-07 02:51 PM   #23 
              - I guess you're right. I really don't care if lying hypocritical Republicans get humiliated.  yardwork   Sep-24-07 03:10 PM   #24 
  - No, not "all." Only the ones who, by their words and votes in Congress,  MADem   Sep-24-07 02:13 PM   #10 
  - Ayup.  Tesha   Sep-24-07 02:14 PM   #11 
  - Yes. they give you an opening, you take it.  bunkerbuster1   Sep-24-07 02:16 PM   #13 
  - so you would go beyond those in government and include private citizens as well?  onenote   Sep-24-07 02:35 PM   #15 
  - It's only slippery *theoretically*, not practically.  BlooInBloo   Sep-24-07 02:37 PM   #17 
  - Perhaps I wasn't specific enough. I was referring to elected Republicans and  Cyrano   Sep-24-07 02:39 PM   #21 
  - I'm ok with it, but I understand why people would also be against it.....  BlooInBloo   Sep-24-07 02:37 PM   #16 
  - No.  BuyingThyme   Sep-24-07 02:38 PM   #18 
  - What gays? We have no such phenomenon in this country.  Atman   Sep-24-07 02:39 PM   #19 
  - No. That would make us no better than the freepers.  Cleita   Sep-24-07 02:39 PM   #20 
  - The almost total corruption of the Republican Party is so incredibly obvious that  Cyrano   Sep-24-07 03:27 PM   #25 
     - I think that eventually they will be outted by their own actions  Cleita   Sep-24-07 03:34 PM   #26 
  - "Outed"? no. "Ousted", yep  JustABozoOnThisBus   Sep-24-07 03:34 PM   #27 
  - IMO, the majority of Americans already know about the Republican tie-ins  Cyrano   Sep-24-07 04:15 PM   #30 
  - If they oppose gay-rights and support a virulent anti-gay policy then I say YES.  truebrit71   Sep-24-07 03:35 PM   #28 
  - Not all Republicans  insleeforprez   Sep-24-07 03:36 PM   #29 
  - If they vote against rights for gay people ---> yes. nt  Oregonian   Sep-24-07 04:42 PM   #31 
  - It matters a lot if they are vocal gay bashers.  Pyrzqxgl   Sep-24-07 06:12 PM   #32 
  - YES...any "family values, holier-than-though, anti-gay" HYPOCRITE should be outed. n/t  in_cog_ni_to   Sep-24-07 06:14 PM   #33 
 

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