“I have had too many conversations with people who could care less about anyone’s sex life, are basically liberal, but who were planning to vote for Leppert on a one-off issue related to gayness. A Dallas socialite, who raises money for DIFFA and the Turtle Creek Chorale, loathes the religious right and supports gay marriage and who knows and likes Oakley confided that she had voted early for Leppert. Why? She didn’t want headlines around the world proclaiming that Dallas had elected an openly gay Mayor. 'I don’t want us to become San Francisco,' she said.”
Ed Cognoski responds:Excuse me, but someone who would vote against a gay candidate because he is gay, or because he is openly gay, or because the press reports that he is openly gay, is not by any means "basically liberal" or someone who couldn't care less about anyone's sex life. She is a closet bigot, someone who pretends to be non-discriminatory, but only as long as gays and lesbians don't openly show their sexual orientation. Sorry, but "don't ask, don't tell" is not a liberal position. For Scott Bennett not to call her on it indicates Dallas Blog itself is guilty of the same bigoted beliefs.
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