Homosexual Lincoln

[cckerberos]

I just wanted to mention that the C.A. Tripp book that Cecil mentions in his column on Abraham Lincoln’s alledged homosexuality has apparently finally been published. There’s a Slate article on the book here.

[AncientHumanoid]

Interesting quote from the cited article:

Alas, both notions—that Lincoln’s sexual orientation is unimportant; and that Tripp’s book raises powerful circumstantial evidence to support his claims—are wrong.

>snip<

Why, then, have reviewers been so excessively charitable? It’s possible that they don’t want to align themselves with a position that could seem naive or, worse, anti-gay.

Seems the reviews are rather mixed. I figured we wouldn’t get much of a definitive answer. Has anyone here read the book yet?

[AskNott]

If it’s true, (gasp) another Log Cabin Republican! Eh, big deal.

Is C.A. Tripp related to the infamous Linda Tripp? Like there hadn’t already been enough Tripping up of presidents…