state i'm in: the big ugly electric blue lounge.
tune: theme from 'the bold and the beautiful'.
last month, idaho senator larry craig pleaded guilty to charges of 'indecent conduct' after making advances on an undercover police officer at the minneapolis-st paul international airport. this is the same man that endorsed his state’s successful anti-gay constitutional amendment, which bans gay marriage, civil unions and domestic partnerships, and is the same man who helped to enact the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy in the early 1990s. in considering this, his guilty plea to the 'indecent conduct' charge could easily lead one to draw the conclusion that mr craig is a hypocrite. in simple terms, i would say he is, but i would also say that there is likely a reason behind the hypocrisy.i ask, why would this man feel so compelled to suppress his sexuality i.e. married, children, outwardly homophobic stance? perhaps he himself is a victim of a society so intolerable of diversity in sexual orientation, that being upper crust america.
recent studies in the USA have shown that over 60% of men who use public restrooms as a means to find sex are not heterosexual. in light of this, consider that mr craig is gay or bisexual, and has spent the better part of his life covering up this fact from his family, his friends and colleagues, and, later, his wife and children and the general public, most importantly the conservative constituency that have provided his bread.
whilst mr craig has not confessed to being gay or bisexual, consider this event something of an 'outing' for the man. how terrible would it be if many in the LGBT 'community' responded with nothing but comments the likes of 'he got what he deserved' or 'he's been stricken by the monster he helped to create' or something similar. i can't imagine that such an environment would be conducive to mr craig feeling at all comfortable with any new-found identity.
unfortunately that is almost all i have read. i always think that a gay man or lesbian ought to be the bigger person in such a situation and not be so quick to judge those that are so quick to judge us. i believe we ought to be telling someone in the position of mr craig that we can empathise with his plight rather than just shun the man to the LGBT naughty corner.
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1 comment:
that's why i loves ya babycakes. you're a big picture high-road man...like me.
celebrating his banishment to the "naughty corner" does nothing to advance equality. it's childish and immature and misses the bigger picture: that we live in a society where the likes of larry craig and others feel a riteous need, borne of self-hatred, to persecute, punish and marginalize those like him. not to take away from people's responsibility for their own actions but yeah you know what i'm sayin ... wait, who am i? who are you people?
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