Growing up in South Florida, I remember hearing rumors about Mr. Foley's sexuality for years. He has refused numerous times to come clean and admit what many of us already know. Namely that he is a gay man.
I fully support and understand the need for public figures to have privates lives. I can't even imagine how disconcerting it must feel to have your entire personal life examined in the public eye. However I take serious issue with politicians and celebrities who hide their homosexuality. It does a great disservice to the gay community when someone like Mark Foley refuses to come out of the closet. We as gay people have been fighting for years to teach the people in this country that being gay is not something to be ashamed of. While I don't support the idea of public "outing", I think by the time you get as old as Mr. Foley, you should have the balls to admit to yourself and everyone else that you like boys. But instead, Mr. Foley decided it was more prudent to send suggestive emails to a 16 year old former male page.
Bravo Mark. You have not only destroyed your political career, but you have proven yourself a fool and an enormous coward. Now that your political life has ended, why don't you take a hint from Former New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey and admit who you are. You could at least get a book deal out of it.
Have you seen this coward?
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