Open Forum on the Mark Foley Issue

Unless you are just returning from Antarctica, you have heard of the Mark Foley page scandal. Here are some possible questions to discuss? -Is the closet to blame? -Did gay staffers and congressmen cover up his activities? –Blogactive blogger, Mike Rogers, thinks the answer is to out all closeted gay Republicans. Is this a good … Continue reading “Open Forum on the Mark Foley Issue”

Is the closet to blame for the Foley scandal?

Andrew Sullivan seems to think so. In a post about former Congressman Foley, titled the Closet, Sullivan waxes on about “what the closet does to people.” He says, “the hypocrisies it fosters, the pathologies it breeds – is brutal.” He continues: “What I do know is that the closet corrupts. The lies it requires and … Continue reading “Is the closet to blame for the Foley scandal?”