Conservatism in the Toilet Stall with Legs Spread Wide

So with the news that notoriously homophobic GOP California Congressman Roy Ashburn is gay, and was ashamed into coming out after arrested for DUI after leaving a gay nightclub, we can add this guy to the ever-growing list of homosexual politicians in the Republican Party. Yes, GOP, it seems that, these days, there are more gay politicians in your ranks than in the Democratic Party. How gleefully ironic. I guess that means that all those slams that people make about liberals being homosexual "bounce off me and stick to you."

Ashburn has voted against every single gay-rights-related bill that has gone through Congress, according to Project Vote Smart, a nonprofit, independent research group that catalogs voting records of elected officials.

The BBC reported (in the first link) that "Mr Ashburn said his votes reflected the way his constituents wanted him to vote, not his own 'internal conflict'." According to the 2004 Political Courage Test (formerly known as the Congressional Election 2004 National Political Awareness Test), he answered "No" to the question "Should same-sex couples be allowed to form civil unions?" and "Yes" to the question "Should marriage be restricted to a union only between a man and a woman?" I don't know what to make of these statements. This test is supposed to reflect what the elected official actually believes him/herself, not the beliefs of his or her constituents.  I wonder if this guy actually believes that he shouldn't be allowed to marry someone whom he loves who happens to be of the male gender. How can this guy sleep at night? Obviously not well, judging from his late-night activities...

Perhaps the broader point to all this is that a lot of what the Republican Party holds to be true is damaging to people. Saying that marriage is between a man and a woman and being gay is like slaves saying that they shouldn't be allowed to be set free. You're denying yourself rights. You're playing yourself.