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Political Candidate Outed In Philly…. as Straight

Posted by GayPatriot at 6:50 am - April 23, 2010.
Filed under: Gay PC Silliness,Gay Politics,Gay Victimization,Leftist Nutjobs,Outing Witchhunt

Huh?  (h/t – Blogger phenom Gabriel Malor)

It’s happened so often that it’s now a cultural cliche: the gay politician pretending to be straight. In most parts of the nation, homosexuality or bisexuality is a clear electoral liability.

Not in Center City’s 182d state House district. There, it’s a badge of honor.

Veteran Rep. Babette Josephs (D., Phila.) last Thursday accused her primary opponent, Gregg Kravitz, of pretending to be bisexual in order to pander to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender voters, a powerful bloc in the district.

“I outed him as a straight person,” Josephs said during a fund-raiser at the Black Sheep Pub & Restaurant, as some in the audience gasped or laughed, “and now he goes around telling people, quote, ‘I swing both ways.’ That’s quite a respectful way to talk about sexuality. This guy’s a gem.”

Kravitz, 29, said that he is sexually attracted to both men and women and called Josephs’ comments offensive.

“That kind of taunting is going to make it more difficult for closeted members of the LGBT community to be comfortable with themselves,” Kravitz said. “It’s damaging.”

I’m not even sure what to say.  I’m truly text-less (the blogging version of being speechless).   I used the category “Leftist Nutjobs” because one or both of them just HAVE to be.

-Bruce (GayPatriot)

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10 Comments

  1. Just how stupid can liberals get with their identity politics?

    Comment by ThatGayConservative — April 23, 2010 @ 8:07 am - April 23, 2010

  2. Ah, their stupidity is boundless!

    Comment by American Elephant — April 23, 2010 @ 9:33 am - April 23, 2010

  3. he goes around telling people, quote, ‘I swing both ways.’ That’s quite a respectful way to talk about sexuality…

    Sounds like another gay/lesbian individual with an irony deficiency.

    Comment by ILoveCapitalism — April 23, 2010 @ 9:57 am - April 23, 2010

  4. (meaning the bully Josephs)

    Comment by ILoveCapitalism — April 23, 2010 @ 9:59 am - April 23, 2010

  5. From the City of Brotherly Love this is to funny. But you need to be suspect of a Politician who swings both ways.
    Pick a Side already they need to know where you stand on issues. Not what you do in the bed room.

    Comment by Joe — April 23, 2010 @ 2:36 pm - April 23, 2010

  6. Seems to me that if this guy claimed something, he should be required to prove it.

    Comment by Just Me — April 23, 2010 @ 4:26 pm - April 23, 2010

  7. The only reasonable response to that article is a frustrated, Hank Hill-ian “ugggh.”

    Comment by JervisTetch — April 23, 2010 @ 5:31 pm - April 23, 2010

  8. I’ve met Gregg a couple of times, and he seems to be sincere. However, I’ll take one for the team and figure out which side he plays for. Confirmation forthcoming.

    Comment by Brendan in Philly — April 24, 2010 @ 5:34 pm - April 24, 2010

  9. Proof that truth is stranger than fiction.

    I think someone up there in Philly was watching the daytime soap “One Life to Live,” where last fall they had two female rivals running for Mayor of their fictional town (in eastern PA!). One of them decided to pretend to be lesbian in order to court the GLBT vote. Of course it was played mostly for laughs…I hope…

    Comment by jimmy — April 24, 2010 @ 10:09 pm - April 24, 2010

  10. It is a pretty screwed up world when people have to start pretending to be gay to succeed. Here in Melbourne, Australia, you need to be a man hating dyke to succeed in the public service now. It makes me want to cry. I remember laughing at ‘The worm has turned’ on the Two Ronnies as a kid but would not have been laughing had I realised how true it would become.

    Comment by chris — April 25, 2010 @ 12:33 pm - April 25, 2010

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