The Ken Mehlman “coming out” story raises an interesting question about when a person is considered gay.
Mehlman was “outed” several years ago, and the reaction of people was pretty much the type of reaction that I would get if I told people I was fat. A total lack of surprise.
Since this was apparently something everyone knows it leads to the following questions about sexuality:
1. Is a person only considered a homosexual if they acknowledge it?
2. If a person comes out, is that considered forever, for example if a person announces later they they are in fact straight are they considered straight?
While these are interesting philosophical and or sociological questions, this doesn’t explain why the Mehlman story is so big? Of course it’s a great excuse to not report Tea Party/Sarah Palin wins Tuesday, but if we have to have the real answer Stacy McCain provides that for us.
There is nothing new under the sun, you see. There were gay people working for Republicans in 1967 and there are gay people working for Republicans today. What has changed is that gay-rights activists have turned sexuality into an identity-politics racket, so that any gay person who doesn’t share their agenda is made to feel inauthentic, a traitor to The Cause. And, as Marc Ambinder explains in his report at The Atlantic, this is now being used as a “wedge issue” by the Left
It is the attempt peel away conservatives that is the goal here and if this story can help the cause then it will be promoted by the media.
So as long as this is the case it will remain on top of memeorandum
Update: Via Glenn Ann Althouse nails it. It is all about becoming relevant , watch the MSM start using him as a goto guy when talking about republicans in the future.
