Comments on: Gay TD to be outed? http://www.mamanpoulet.com/gay-td-to-be-outed/ Clucking away crookedly through media, politics and life. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:53:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sean R http://www.mamanpoulet.com/gay-td-to-be-outed/comment-page-1/#comment-16695 Sean R Thu, 23 Aug 2007 13:48:55 +0000 http://www.mamanpoulet.com/?p=221#comment-16695 Pat Rabbitte is resigning as party leader.Not connected? *shudders at thought* Pat Rabbitte is resigning as party leader.Not connected? *shudders at thought*

]]> By: Sean R http://www.mamanpoulet.com/gay-td-to-be-outed/comment-page-1/#comment-16673 Sean R Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:19:41 +0000 http://www.mamanpoulet.com/?p=221#comment-16673 I don't think journalists should determine sexual morality in the same way I don't think the Catholic Church should make hay about the issue. But the gossip raises a wider and more interesting point. If we're a modern liberal country [yah dee yah dee yah], why is a supposedly gay public representative in the closet about his (assuming its a bloke) sexual orientation? I think the impact is not so much about voting records, but I would have thought it is about visibility.The question for me is why (assuming someone is gay) does that someone feel disclosure is problematic. I don’t think journalists should determine sexual morality in the same way I don’t think the Catholic Church should make hay about the issue. But the gossip raises a wider and more interesting point.

If we’re a modern liberal country [yah dee yah dee yah], why is a supposedly gay public representative in the closet about his (assuming its a bloke) sexual orientation? I think the impact is not so much about voting records, but I would have thought it is about visibility.The question for me is why (assuming someone is gay) does that someone feel disclosure is problematic.

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