Chickens Coming Home To Roost

This morning the New York Times reported, “some Republican staff members worried that several gay men caught up in the (Mark Foley) scandal would be treated unfairly”. Oh my goodness! The same way the Republican Party treats all gays? The NYT says that every couple of months ten top staff members from Capitol Hill meet “to commiserate” about how tough it is being gay Republicans. They call themselves “The P Street Project” because P Street runs through a local gay area. If these men are top staff members of Republican Congressmen, Republican lobbies and Republican flacks, they have had to work on bills, speeches, and plots and plans that denigrate, vilify and stomp on the rights of gays. I can’t feel their pain. Most Republican gay men who work on Capitol Hill hide the fact that they are gay. Whose fault is it that they feel they have to stay in the closet? Could it be that it’s the Republican Party that has made life uncomfortable for gays in Washington, DC? Could it be that it’s the Republican Party and no other party that is falsely equating being gay with pedophilia? Could it be that it’s the Republican Party that is responsible for spewing lies about gays and lesbians and the gay life style? Could it be that these very staff members who are complaining about not being able to live an openly gay life, are ready and willing to betray their gay community in order to work in the Republican Party? Oh you bet your sweet ass that could be, and most assuredly is. Well, gee whiz guys! Get out of the Republican Party then, or get another job! You wouldn’t stay in a job that required you to tell lies about your religion, your family or your race, would you? Or would you? The NYT says, “Since Representative Foley, Republican of Florida, resigned after it was revealed he had sent sexually explicit electronic messages to male pages, gay Republicans in Washington have been under what one describes as 'siege and suspicion.'" Fancy that! And who created the atmosphere of siege and suspicion about gays in the first place? You know the answer. So go get an honest job and take pride in yourself and the fact that you are gay! Because until you do that, all you closeted gay Republicans working on Capitol Hill, you are betraying the gay community, you are betraying yourselves, and you are contributing to the spread of fascism in the United States by the reprehensible and bigoted Bush administration.