Word: gayness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...guys, except perhaps for one of the drug kingpin's assistants who is also a former KGB agent. And Clancy, who made no bones about his homophobia in an interview last year with Newsweek, at least took a step in the right direction this time, making a gay member of congress--a la Barney Frank--a small but important hero in his story...
Democrats would have a hard time imagining a more frightening scenario. Perhaps the most articulate and bright Democratic legislator, Frank embarrasses himself and the party. The high-flying career of the most prominent gay politician in the country crashes amidst charges of sexual indiscretion...
Frank's admitted violation of the law cannot be the sole justification for his removal. Gay sexual acts are also illegal in D.C.; should Frank be prosecuted and removed from office for being gay...
...sexual preference has been used against him. The Associated Press, in a story about Frank, included in its second paragraph that a poll revealed that 46 percent of Americans thought Frank should resign. Several paragraphs later, the story explained that 45 percent of those surveyed thought that no gay should serve in Congress...
...similarity to former president Reagan's amnesia defense is disturbing. After The Independent quoted Lee as saying he "wasn't aware," I asked him how he expected anyone to believe him. He insisted that the heated discussion of ROTC's anti-gay discrimination never penetrated his skull during the council debate. Just as with Reagan, I don't know which would be worse: if he was lying or telling the truth...