# YaRGS

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yargs/424825>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 1, 2007, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yargs/424825 "2007-11-01T02:58:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yargs/424825/1 "2007-11-01T02:58:51Z")

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(Yet Another Republican Gay Scandal)

[Link](http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/31/america/NA-GEN-US-State-Lawmaker-Extortion.php).

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> OLYMPIA, Washington: A Republican state legislator resigned Wednesday amid revelations that he had sex with a man he met at a pornographic video store while in Spokane on a party retreat.
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> Elected to the state House of Representatives in 2004, he voted in 2005 and 2006 against a bill that granted civil rights protections to gays and lesbians, and in 2007 voted against a bill that created domestic partnerships for same-sex couples.

Mundane and pointless.