It took openly-gay S.C. Democratic activist (and former First District Congressional candidate) Linda Ketner just two press cycles to do what many Palmetto Republican politicos have been trying to do for years – get a reporter to call U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer and Senate President Glenn McConnell and ask them what team they play for.
The fun started two weeks ago when Ketner gave an interview on a left-leaning website that basically called out all three politicians as closet homosexuals.
“We have more gay people serving in South Carolina than probably in anyplace in the United States; they’re just not out of the closet,” Ketner told Firedoglake.com. “We have an awful lot of people in the closet– Lindsey Graham, Glenn McConnell who’s our Senate president pro tem, our Lt Governor…”
Yesterday, the Columbia alternative weekly Free Times picked up the story, and made the requisite calls to the politicians Ketner opened the closet on …
Graham spokesman Kevin Bishop said the senator’s office would not comment on the firedoglake.com post. Bauer also opted not to comment. Efforts to reach McConnell, including messages left at his Senate office and his home and an email to his state government account, were unsuccessful.
Hmmm … what’s that one of our commenters always says? “Not sayin’, just sayin’?”
Anyway, Ketner is now saying that she has no direct knowledge of the sexuality of any of the three Republican politicians.
“I’ve always been resolute about never outing anyone,” Ketner said in a statement posted to her website. “I let myself and others down in a recent off-the-record chat with a reporter. I obviously don’t have any knowledge of the sexual orientation of any individuals mentioned.”
Not exactly a ringing endorsement of anybody’s straightness, is it?
Of course, our only question at this point is why S.C. Chief Justice Jean Toal hasn’t been dragged into any of this?
Seriously, we’re talking about dudes who are rumored to be gay, aren’t we?
Anyway, as we’ve said all along we don’t oppose gay marriage, nor do we oppose benefits for same sex couples (even when they’re being offered by that damn communist General Secretary of ours).
What do we oppose? Self-loathing hypocrites …
By Toyota Kawaski June 19, 2009 at 8:26 am
Of course you meat puppets at fits are not opposed to GAY marriage.
By Elmo June 19, 2009 at 9:43 am
Why don’t Bauer , McConnell, and Lindsey come out with a list and pictures of their recent girlfriends ?
Let these critics interview the girlfriends so we can settle this story. South Carolina voters would never elect homosexuals to serve in high powered positions.
By Bonnie Blue June 19, 2009 at 10:31 am
While I’m not questioning “Clitners” rationale. I do question the fact that if a straight person said these things they would be branded as a homophobe. My how the double standard is applied.
By Fashizzle June 19, 2009 at 11:19 am
I hope they have the courage to come out. This state needs an honest conversation and this would shock the system into one. Maybe we could even get past the family council talking points that gays have a secret plot to put fairy dust in our water supply.
Do we really believe it was fine for Strom Thurmond to marry a 20-year old, but the sky will fall if we let two guys do the same?
By Bonnie Blue June 19, 2009 at 3:21 pm
Looks to me that the fairy dust has already been sprinkled. How in the world does Thurmond being a pimp have anything to do with two guy’s getting married? Gay’s have the same right as I do, to marry someone of the opposite sex. Does no one get that? If you want to be gay fine. Just do not stuff your views down my throat. hehe
By Fashizzle June 19, 2009 at 4:50 pm
Bonnie — Marriage is a legal contract. Law stems from our Constitution, which guarantees equal protection. Therefore one consenting adult has the right to enter this contract with any other consenting adult.
The argument against homosexuality recycles the same logic used to ban interracial marriage. Lets rephrase your statement — “they have the same right as I do, to marry someone of the ‘white race’.”
Our courts rightfully struck down that view as unconstitutional. You can’t replace the group in question and expect different results.
By definition, using the law to impose your religious views on others forces your views on others.
By Shizzlewizzle June 19, 2009 at 6:25 pm
Fashizzle,
Gays have the same rights as heterosexuals. Both have the right to marry a person of the opposite sex. Heteros cant marry same sex, neither can gays, same rights, equal protection.
Civil unions are the legal contract of marriages, marriage implies a religious ceremony.
By T4 June 20, 2009 at 1:18 pm
If they’re plague-ridden with homosexuality, then we must send them to Bob Jones, so they can be cured of their illness. Hahah!
By Bonnie Blue June 22, 2009 at 11:05 pm
Fashizzle,
I’m sure any African American would agree that a homosexual should be considered comparable to their “civil injustice” good luck with that.
By Darth July 9, 2009 at 9:49 am
Fashizzle, marriage IS a sacrament of the chruch. What part of Congreff shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof… do you not grasp?
The states limits, withing the Tenth Amendment, relate to procreation of offspring and matters of real and percieved public health, to wit miscegination (as you noted struck down already), consanguinuity (though Arkansas and New York extoll it) and the control of venereal diseases (though SC seems to have dropped the blood tests).
In as much as we now extol bastardy and shun mention of mulattoes, quadroons and octaroons and skip any notion of following constitutional eligibility requirements for an annointed Kenyan puppet, I guess we don’t need to worry about NAMBLA’s interest in passing a “gay marriage” bill.
By [|] May 16, 2010 at 9:46 pm
Fashizzle = http://www.charlestonlaw.edu/v.php?pg=120 ?
Not Sayin’, Just Sayin’ = http://www.charlestonlaw.edu/v.php?pg=120 ?