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Originally Posted by shinerbock
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Mark Foley = gay Republican congressman from Florida who was (barely) closeted. Lived with a partner and was unmarried, just didn't discuss or publicizie his sexual orientation. Was molested as a child and sent inappropriate emails and IMs to male high school pages. Was outed, resigned his seat in Congress, and entered rehab for alcohol abuse.
Dennis Hastert = former Republican speaker of the house. Criticized for his handling of the Foley scandal (supposedly saw the inappropriate emails/IMs and didn't do anything about it until they were leaked to the press). Led to his eventual resignation. There is a lot of speculation regarding whether or not he is gay. I didn't know that myself until alum posted it. I tried to find some unbiased websites that discuss it but couldn't. He is married with adult children but lives in Washington with his unmarried male chief of staff (or at least he did before he resigned). Evidently when his wife comes to visit she stays in a hotel. I have no idea if these are accurate b/c they're mostly from liberal blogs, but here are the links I found:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lawren...r_b_31171.html
http://cannonfire.blogspot.com/2006/10/flaggots.html
http://boyculture.typepad.com/boy_cu...stert_gay.html
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