The WaPo (here) wonders if Mike Rogers isn’t the most feared man on Capitol Hill. Describing himself as a gay blogger, Rogers has targeted republicans who have voted against gay marriage or pro gay measures. He calls them hypocrites. Maybe he’s right or maybe these politicians really don’t think same sex marriage is ok and vote against it. Either way, it doesn’t matter to him he just “outs” them anyway. **updated: NewsBusters outs the hypocrisy that is Rogers here.
Here’s an excerpt from the piece:
Rogers, sitting on a club chair in his Northwest Washington apartment, is basking in the attention. For three years now, he’s been a feared one-man machine, “outing,” he says, nearly three dozen senior political and congressional staffers, White House aides and, most damagingly, Congress members on his blog. On Capitol Hill, a typical phone call from Rogers — “Are you gay?” he’d ask — is “a call from Satan himself,” says a former high-ranking congressional staffer whose name is on the list.
In Rogers’s mind, if you’re against gay rights in your public life and you live a secret homosexual life, all bets are off.
In 2004, one of the first public officials he targeted was then-Virginia congressman Ed Schrock because of his voting record on such issues as gays in the military, same-sex marriage and gay adoption.
He started in on Craig last October, targeted Mark Foley before that.
Do you think at some point that this guy will be outed, if you will, for being a hateful ‘thought crime’ cop who, while writing and listing republicans whom he thinks are gay, would never support outing gay democrats who voted against another pet piece of legislation? Would he support listing the names of people who are HIV positive like they do folks with other people carrying life threatening, communicable diseases?
Oh wait, gays actually provide a “Little Black Book” which instructs gays on how to find sex in toilet stalls, parks, and other places. I’m sorry, can you spell hypocrisy?
Here’s an excerpt from the cruising for sex manual provided by gay activists:
Make sure that anyone you have sex with is over the age of consent.
If you cruise in parks, bathrooms or other spaces open to public view, trust your instincts, be aware of your surroundings — and know your rights. While Lambda Legal and other groups are fighting against the ways police target men who have sex with men, having sex where others might see you and take offense can subject you to arrest, publicity and other serious consequences. If you feel unsafe, you should leave.
Having sex with a minor is a serious crime with heavy punishment.
