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Is Charlie Crist gay?", asks the Orlando Weekly.
Why does it matter? Isn't his personal business? As a commentor at BlogActive notes:
Because you support a political platform which defines homosexuals such as Charlie Crist as belonging to a dangerous 'lifestyle' and a threat to children. And you support a Party which is currently trying to add anti-gay discrimination into the Constitution of the United States of America. Hello.
Charlie Crist's materials say:
When the institution of marriage was under attack, Attorney General Charlie Crist successfully defended Florida's Defense of Marriage Act. Charlie strongly supports Second Amendment rights and advocates policies that strengthen Florida families.
Mike Rogers of BlogActive took him at his word and called the Crist campaign and asked about adoption. "He believes that the best home for a child is one with a mother and father. He will not support a repeal of Florida's ban on gay adoptions."
This has pissed Mike off and he is asking people to come forward about Crist's "lifestye choices".
I am sure if Crist said nigger 30 years ago it would be bigger news than this. Bloggers would be exposing him right and left. Do Democrats leave the gay issue alone because there are so many closeted gay Dems? Or do you believe that Barney Frank is the only gay?
The Orldando Weekly has more:
Is Charlie Crist gay? No, of course not. He's a Republican candidate for governor. In Florida. Republicans don't elect Marys in this state. They won't even elect those suspected of Maryhood; go ask U.S. Rep. Mark Foley, whose 2004 United States Senate campaign was derailed by a report that he was a flamer.
Sure, Charlie's a hot 50-year-old bachelor with well-coifed silver hair and a fondness for nicely tailored suits. But he just survived a primary against a fundie who premised his whole campaign on the notion that Charlie doesn't hate gay people (or abortion) enough. You'd think if Tom Gallagher had something to say, he would have said it. Instead, a week before the primary Crist denied that he had fathered a love child.
Now, these rumors have been floating around for a while. We at HappytownTM have heard them for years, always off the record, always passed along as gossip. We'd guess that every reporter in the state has heard them, but as yet no one's produced any proof, much less a picture of Crist having a Brokeback encounter with the pool boy.
Enter Max Linn, gubernatorial candidate for what's left of the Reform Party. While on anchorman-turned-right-wing-nutball Bud Hedinger's radio show (3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on WFLA-AM 540) last week, Linn told the flabbergasted host that he knew, and would swear on a stack of Bibles, that Crist was gay. The two have been friends for 25 years, Linn said, and Charlie had confided in him. Of course it goes without saying that Linn could have ulterior motives for this revelation, given the timing and all. But honestly, the best he could possibly hope for by dumping on his "friend" is to become a spoiler and clear the road to victory for Democrat Jim Davis.
Linn repeated the charges to HappytownTM. "He knows that I know that he's gay because it's been discussed," he says. Linn says he didn't plan to out Crist on Hedinger's show; it just came up. "My comment was not planned out or pre-meditated. Charlie is a good guy. I think he needs to be truthful with the American people and himself."
It was all a bit too much for Hedinger. Crist is a Republican, which in Hedinger-land means he's to be supported, no questions asked ... unless he's a ponce. It's enough to make a right-wing pundit's head explode.
Thus, Hedinger pointed out time and again that there's no proof Charlie's a pansy. And he was right to. But this is a pressing question, and one HappytownTM is determined to answer to the best of its ability (as Crist's campaign declined to comment).
So, we dusted off the HappytownTM Gaydar SensorTM (otherwise known as the B-MANES 3000) and ran some of Crist's stats Through it. The results:
* Running mate has a mustache: GAY
* Has high cheekbones: GAY
* Prefers tailored suits: GAY
* Has Anderson Cooper hair: GAY
* Is down with civil unions: GAY
* Dots "I"s with stars on website: GAY