BRITAIN: Anti-Gay Tory MP Crispin Blunt Leaves His Wife And Comes Out

[WillParkinson]

BRITAIN: Anti-Gay Tory MP Crispin Blunt Leaves His Wife And Comes Out

Conservative Party MP Crispin Blunt has announced that he is leaving his wife and coming out.

The Reigate MP appealed for privacy and said he was "coming to terms with his homosexuality". In a statement, his office said: "Crispin Blunt wishes to make it known that he has separated from his wife Victoria. "He decided to come to terms with his homosexuality and explained the position to his family. The consequence is this separation. "There is no third party involvement, but this is difficult for his immediate and wider family and he hopes for understanding and support for them. "The family do not wish to make any further public comment and hope that their privacy will be respected as they deal with these difficult private issues."

Another Ken Mehlman? Blunt's voting record in Parliament is described on Wikipedia as having been "broadly unsympathetic" to LGBT rights. Going back to his election in 1997, Blunt either voted "no" or was absent on important votes on civil partnerships, anti-gay bullying, and age of consent parity. However in 2007 he voted with the majority to approve the Equality Act.

http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2010/08/britain-anti-gay-tory-mp-crispin-blunt.html

[xchrom]

1. oh. dear. nt

[xultar]

2. I guess there is a crowd over @ the conservative coming out counter.

That's nice but who is gonna fix the hurt they inflicted?

[Evasporque]

3. How much of the Anti-Gay activism comes self loathing closeted gay folk?

Be yourself people. It is ok. You will feel much better about yourself and the world if you do.

[Steakman1989]

4. That is the $40,000 question now.

[WillParkinson]

5. The biggest problem...

These people don't care that they're taking everyone else down with them. Perhaps that's their intent?

[dickthegrouch]

6. I think it must be getting intolerably hot in some kitchens

While I know a lot of men who have come out after long marriages and children, few have been as homophobic during their lives as these politicians. We really need to make their kitchens even hotter. Bust them out the closet wherever we can, to minimize the damage they do the rest of us.

On edit: add BBC link to same story http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11115182

[Turborama]

7. (Top British Tory MP Comes Out) Minister leaves wife ‘to come to terms with his homosexuality’

Source: The Herald Scotland

Kate Devlin, UK Political Correspondent -

28 Aug 2010 -

A Conservative minister came out last night, announcing that he had separated from his wife and was “coming to terms with his homosexuality”.

Crispin Blunt, the prisons minister and Tory MP for Reigate, said there was no-one else involved in the split as he appealed for his family’s privacy to be respected.

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Mr Blunt, 50, has been married to his wife, Victoria, for 20 years and they have two children together – a 16-year-old son and an 18-year-old daughter. His niece is the actress Emily Blunt.

The minister came to prominence in July, when his proposals to allow prisoners to hold comedy workshops and fancy dress parties in jails was almost immediately overruled by Downing Street.

Read more: http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/politics/minister-leaves-wife-to-come-to-terms-with-his-homosexuality-1.1051051

[countmyvote4real]

8. That's so yesterday. I'd like for them to come out and acknowledge climate change. n/t