Hypocrit Sen. Roy Ashburn Out - vows to not change vote patterns

[democracy1st]

Run time: 02:30 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGDok4ajQfw   Posted on YouTube: March 09, 2010 By YouTube Member: firedoglake Views on YouTube: 1   Posted on DU: March 09, 2010 By DU Member: democracy1st Views on DU: 692

 
State Sen. Roy Ashburn (R-Calif.), the fierce opponent of gay rights who was arrested last week for drunk driving after leaving a gay nightclub, confirmed in a radio interview Monday that he is gay.

"I'm gay," Ashburn told local radio host Inga Barks before returning to the Senate for the first time since his arrest. "Those are the words that have been so difficult for me for so long."

Ashburn, a 55-year-old divorced father of four, claimed his 15-year crusade against proposed gay-rights laws in the California statehouse stemmed from his desire to vote the way his constituents wanted.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/08/roy-ashburn-im-gay_n_490297.html

[Ken Burch]

1. I'd hate to think how this guy would've voted

if he'd been a light-skinned black man who was elected in the South while "passing".

[Garbo 2004]

2. I think we know. nt

[opihimoimoi]

3. For him it was not about the Nation, but all about getting re elected.

[ScottLand]

4. Much worse to be a hypocrite than a homosexual.

He has in effect come out as both.