Ashburn: "I am gay."

[babsbunny]

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/nov05election/detail?&entry_id=58665

State Sen. Roy Ashburn, the Bakersfield Republican who was arrested in Sacramento last week on suspicion of drunk driving, came out as gay in a radio interview this morning.

"I am gay. And so, those are the words that have been so difficult for me for so long," Ashburn told radio host Inga Barks on her show on the KERN station in Bakersfield.

The announcement follows days of intense scrutiny of Ashburn's personal life after he was arrested just after 2 a.m. on March 3. A Sacramento television station reported that Ashburn was at a popular gay dance club that night and several people have said they have seen the senator at gay bars in the city.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/nov05election/detail?&entry_id=58665#ixzz0hd9JwOJp

[tinymontgomery]

1. Typical Republican

Typical Republican hypocrite. What was his voting record on gay marriage?

[REP]

2. One guess.

[DissedByBush]

10. Straight anti-gay n/t

[Edweird]

3. Heh. Brain Candy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdbs3lKEeBE

[chelsea0011]

4. More correctly...he should have said he is a self-hating gay

[kestrel91316]

5. He's also a drunk driver, which seems to have been conveniently overlooked.

[Orsino]

6. Those words were so difficult for him...

...while for years, the words of the oppressor came so easily to his lips.

I would have a lot of sympathy for him, if in his public life he had worked for equality, or had the common decency to keep mum--but no, he had to overcompensate, and show us what a big hunk of male, heterosexual manliness he was.

Hope his loved ones weren't taken completely by surprise, and that they can all take a long, relaxed look at what sexuality really means.

[Canuckistanian]

7. I wonder if he knew his "supporters" would literally want him executed

If they found out he was gay.

He's lucky he DIDN'T manage to turn the country completely homophobic like Saudi Arabia or Iran. He would be in a prison right now, getting the shit beat out of him.

[liberalmuse]

8. This is offensive.

People of his ilk (a large number of Republicans) have no problem denying gays their human rights by demonizing them, and worse, blocking legislation that would give ALL consenting adults the right to marry, have kids, be a dependent on their partner's health insurance, visit their lover in the hospital and so on. But when it comes to them getting caught and needing sympathy, they have no problem pulling out the 'gay' card. I have no fucking sympathy for this man. People like him are the reason so many gays are afraid to come out of the closet or if they do, are put through hell (or worse).

[opihimoimoi]

9. Yep..... + 1999999(999999999)