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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-29-07 01:59 PM
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In comparison to Larry Craig, here's the story of Jon Hinson.
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Jon Clifton Hinson (March 16, 1942 - July 21, 1995) was a politician from the state of Mississippi. (snip) Hinson was elected to the House of Representatives as a Republican in 1978, rising from relative obscurity when he was 36.

During his re-election campaign in 1980, Hinson admitted that he had been arrested for committing an obscene act, exposing himself to an undercover policeman, at the Iwo Jima Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery. Hinson denied that he was homosexual and blamed his problems on alcoholism. He said that he had reformed and refused to yield to demands that he resign. He won re-election with 39% of the vote because an independent candidate split the Democrat vote

Hinson ... was then arrested on February 4, 1981 and was charged with attempted oral sodomy<1> for performing oral sex on a male employee of the Library of Congress in the restroom of the House of Representatives. He resigned on April 13, 1981, early in his second term.

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Soon afterwards, he acknowledged that he was homosexual. His marriage ended, and he became an activist for homosexual causes.

He later helped to organize the lobbying group "Virginians for Justice" and fought against the ban on gays in the military. He also was a founding member of the Fairfax Lesbian and Gay Citizens Association in Fairfax County.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Hinson

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