# More public officials outed as gay (maybe)
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-public-officials-outed-as-gay-maybe/264566
**Category:** Great Debates
**Created:** [September 15, 2004, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-public-officials-outed-as-gay-maybe/264566 "2004-09-15T17:09:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2004, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-public-officials-outed-as-gay-maybe/264566/1 "2004-09-15T17:09:37Z")
Last month we had a GD thread – “Congressman Ed Schrock (R-Va.) outed as gay, resigns” – [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=274200](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=274200) – about the outing antics of activist Michael Rogers. He’s at it again. From [http://www.politics1.com](http://www.politics1.com), September 15, 2004:
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> **OUTING TARGETS: MUCH SMOKE … BUT ANY FIRE?** Radical gay outing advocate Michael Rogers [[http://www.blogactive.com/](http://www.blogactive.com/)] is drawing attention to his attempts at outing closeted conservative Republicans who fail to adequate support pro-gay issues. His current target – with Hustler magazine joining Rogers for the hunt – is US House Rules Committee Chairman Dave Dreier (R-CA). When asked if he was gay, Dreier declined to answer. But, when asked if he was straight, Dreier also refused to answer. Even if he says he is gay, Dreier should still remain pretty safe with the voters in his current district. So far Rogers has produced much smoke about Dreier – but no fire. It’s also pretty clear from reading Rogers’ site that his next target (after Dreier) is going to be a very conservative southern US Senator. Some GOP gay activists quickly countered by outing Art Torres, Chair of the California Democratic Party. This is degenerating into a real nasty blood sport.
Who’s next, I wonder? Who is that “conservative southern US Senator”?
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### Author:  [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2004, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-public-officials-outed-as-gay-maybe/264566/2 "2004-09-15T17:51:16Z")
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> When asked if he was gay, Dreier declined to answer. But, when asked if he was straight, Dreier also refused to answer.
Good for you, Rep. Dreier. “None of your goddamned business” is also IMHO a correct response to either question.
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### Author:  [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2004, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-public-officials-outed-as-gay-maybe/264566/3 "2004-09-15T18:01:40Z")
About the only good I can see coming from this sort of thing is that people get so used to other people, like their politicians, whom they like and respect, happening to be gay that it stops being an issue.
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- No cite-lunch is almost over-but polls show that people like and trust their own representatives while disliking and mistrusting every other politician. Go figure.
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### Author:  [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2004, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-public-officials-outed-as-gay-maybe/264566/4 "2004-09-15T23:18:20Z")
Of course you are aware that Jim McGreevey, governor of NJ, has recently declared that he is “a gay American,” and will therefore resign. The numerous accusations of shady dealings during his administration, including the threat of a harrassment suit by the totally unqualified person he appointed to head up the state’s Homeland Security office for no previously apparent reason, had nothing to do with it, I’m sure.