Matt Lewis at Daily Caller:
A prominent conservative voice has resigned from the advisory board of the gay conservative group GOProud after a leader of the organization “outed” a top Rick Perry adviser on Twitter.
A source who received a copy of the resignation email from Andrew Breitbart sends this along:
It is with sincere regret that I announce I must step down as a GOProud advisory member. On numerous occasions I have spoken with [GOProud leaders] Jimmy LaSalvia and Chris Barron of the significant impact the practice of “outing” had in my evolution from the political left to the right. I was under the absolute impression that both agreed. I have a zero tolerance attitude toward the intentional infliction of vocational and family harm by divulging the details of an individual’s sexual orientation as a weapon of political destruction. As an “Advisory Board member” I was not consulted on this extreme and punitive act. Clearly, there are more productive means to debate controversial ideas and settle conflicts. Therefore, I cannot in good conscience stand with GOProud. I still stand by gay conservatives who boldly and in the face of much criticism from many fronts fight for limited government, lower taxes, a strong national defense as well as the other core conservative principles.
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If a person chooses to keep his/her same-sex attraction a secret or to fight such attraction and live a heterosexual life, it is a hateful act to reveal that secret or to accuse one of having such a secret.
Look, if you choose to embrace your same-sex attraction and take on all of the difficulties that comes with living such a minority lifestyle that's your business, but it is unfair to try to ruin the lives of those who have chosen differently and it is especially unfair to suggest to children that such a choice is equal to choosing a heterosexual lifestyle.
Ruin your own life if you want; but leave the kids and those of us who choose differently out of it.
I'm satisfied with GOProud's answer. Chris Barron's response is that they honestly didn't know that they were "outing" Fabrizio; they had no idea that he was keeping his sexuality a secret (he says this as a person who knew Fabrizio as a gay man for years). This is an unfortunate situation, but I'm relieved to know that GOProud is not in favor of outing people.
If someone is struggling privately with SSA but has it under control,it's inappropriate to shine a spotlight on the issue.But of someone is "gay" in the sense of feeling entitled to gratify SSA,or seeking to secretly do so,this should be a scandal and exposure helps holding them to account.
ResistSSA
Children understand homosexuality better than you do.
QueerNE,
you don't understand homosexuality.
Andrew Breitbart is slime. Just ask Shirley Sherrod.