# Kudos for Rand Rover-Out and Proud! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 9, 2012, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kudos-for-rand-rover-out-and-proud/621423 "2012-05-09T20:39:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kudos-for-rand-rover-out-and-proud/621423/1 "2012-05-09T20:39:32Z")
I don’t know if it was the President’s coming out in favor of gay marriage, but Rand Rover has decided to come out of the closet > [@North Carolina passes hateful Amendment 1](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-carolina-passes-hateful-amendment-1/621351/181): > > I am gay. Prove me wrong. and I applaud his decision and will support him as he struggles against the homophobes that inhabit his political party of choice. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kudos-for-rand-rover-out-and-proud/621423/2 "2012-05-09T20:43:08Z")
That’s fabulous! ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kudos-for-rand-rover-out-and-proud/621423/3 "2012-05-09T20:57:51Z")
You go, girlfriend! ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kudos-for-rand-rover-out-and-proud/621423/4 "2012-05-09T21:20:18Z")
I won’t say I knew it, but I had my suspicions. ---
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kudos-for-rand-rover-out-and-proud/621423/5 "2012-05-09T21:20:39Z")
Congrats; a rare showing of strength and integrity from ole **Rand Rover**. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kudos-for-rand-rover-out-and-proud/621423/6 "2012-05-09T21:21:08Z")
You have to admire the forcefulness in his statement-no meekness at all, just a simple statement of fact coupled with a challenge to prove he is wrong to have pride in his sexuality. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kudos-for-rand-rover-out-and-proud/621423/7 "2012-05-09T21:25:16Z")
Thought he was married with kids? 😕 Not to say it doesn’t happen. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kudos-for-rand-rover-out-and-proud/621423/8 "2012-05-09T21:27:33Z")
He’s here and he’s queer. Get used to it! ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kudos-for-rand-rover-out-and-proud/621423/9 "2012-05-09T21:31:01Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Thought he was married with kids? 😕 Not to say it doesn’t happen. Surely he closed his eyes and thought of [England](http://www.rugby15.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/RugbyEngTeam_468x265.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kudos-for-rand-rover-out-and-proud/621423/10 "2012-05-09T21:32:44Z")
While I appreciate the spirit of this thread, I have a hard time believing the OP would have allowed this kind of stunt when he was a mod. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kudos-for-rand-rover-out-and-proud/621423/11 "2012-05-09T21:33:25Z")
This website has become a cliche.\* Everyone is a gay lawyer. \*I may not understand the actual meaning of cliche. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kudos-for-rand-rover-out-and-proud/621423/12 "2012-05-09T21:37:05Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > While I appreciate the spirit of this thread, I have a hard time believing the OP would have allowed this kind of stunt when he was a mod. You are absolutely right. As a moderator of IMHO I would not have hesitated one second…to move it to MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kudos-for-rand-rover-out-and-proud/621423/13 "2012-05-09T21:42:38Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Everyone is a gay lawyer. I’m not. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kudos-for-rand-rover-out-and-proud/621423/14 "2012-05-09T21:42:49Z")
Since this came out of a Pit thread, the Pit seems like a better home for it. **twickster** , MPSIMS moderator ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kudos-for-rand-rover-out-and-proud/621423/15 "2012-05-09T21:43:45Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > \*I may not understand the actual meaning of cliche. Ironically, its latin for “gay lawyer”. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kudos-for-rand-rover-out-and-proud/621423/16 "2012-05-09T21:44:15Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Since this came out of a Pit thread, the Pit seems like a better home for it. > > **twickster** , MPSIMS moderator Who’s being pitted? ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kudos-for-rand-rover-out-and-proud/621423/17 "2012-05-09T21:44:47Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > You are absolutely right. As a moderator of IMHO I would not have hesitated one second…to move it to MPSIMS. Good thing you’re not a moderator, then, since you don’t seem to know how to do it. ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_Hartwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kudos-for-rand-rover-out-and-proud/621423/18 "2012-05-09T21:48:14Z")
The odious pitted by the obnoxious. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kudos-for-rand-rover-out-and-proud/621423/19 "2012-05-09T21:49:48Z")
Pics or it didn’t happen. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kudos-for-rand-rover-out-and-proud/621423/20 "2012-05-09T21:49:54Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Ironically, its latin for “gay lawyer”. Thank you. That’s good to know. I’m going to add that to my list of latin phrases I’ve learned here at the Dope. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kudos-for-rand-rover-out-and-proud/621423.md?page=2)