Ex-GOP Chair Mehlman Says He's Gay

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Former Bush campaign chief tells magazine he's gay

Ex-GOP chair says he will advocate for gay marriage, regrets not coming out earlier


Ken Mehlman, President Bush's campaign manager in 2004 and a former chairman of the Republican National Committee, has told family and associates that he is gay, The Atlantic magazine's politics editor reported Wednesday.

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I still don't think people should HAVE to "come out of the closet" (as in, I wish people never had to be IN the closet just as I've never had to "realize" and announce my heterosexuality). And this shouldn't be "news," I guess.

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It's good that he has "come out" now and will advocate gay marriage. I know people who think that certain political parties, religions, and other categorical distinctions (i.e. "masculine men") have less homosexuals than others. No, people just feel that they have to hide their sexual orientation and/or are struggling with their sexual orientation.