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Mark Kirk Gay Rumor Reignited By Blogger Who Outed Larry Craig

Seeded on Wed Jun 2, 2010 7:09 AM EDT
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politics, lgbt, closet, mark-kirk, hrc
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Illinois Rep. Mark Kirk has had a dramatic few days, and now a popular gay blogger known for outing politicians claims to have sources confirming that Kirk is a closeted gay man.

Before the February Illinois primary, Kirk, a Republican vying for President Obama's former senate seat, faced attacks from birther Andy Martin claiming that Kirk was gay. Kirk denied the claims, but now faces an attempted outing from the other side--the gay community

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Activist blogger Mike Rogers tends to target politicians with antigay voting records, and "outed" Sen. Larry Craig and Rep. Mark Foley. He was also featured in the film "Outrage" where he discussed closeted politicians who work against the gay community. In a Tuesday post on Rogers' BlogActive, he explained why he decided to bring up Kirk's sexuality now:

He voted against the repeal of DADT - and now people are coming out to say they had same sex relations with him in college.

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Reply#1 - Wed Jun 2, 2010 7:10 AM EDT
CynicL1

Live by the sword die by the sword. There are so many out there who vote at odds with their own sensibilities

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Reply#2 - Wed Jun 2, 2010 8:12 AM EDT
Ripley8

gotta watch out for those who chant against gay rights , those homophobes...

they don't make the greatest dates on Drag night. little nervous nellies.want to go to the dance yet a bunch of wall flowers till you get them to the hotel room !

not my personal experience ! lol.

but I've run into more than my share of homophobes who are actually gay. but afraid .

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Reply#3 - Wed Jun 2, 2010 7:25 PM EDT
Mike-475880

When is Charlie Crist finally going to be outed? I'm not really for outing unless you have a history of voting anti-gay, then all is fair.

    Reply#4 - Thu Jun 3, 2010 12:53 PM EDT
    Soph0571

    I agree with you - peoples personal lives are their own and none of our business unless they have actively voted or railed against the gay community and then you are fair game IMO

      #4.1 - Thu Jun 3, 2010 6:44 PM EDT
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