PA Republican State Rep. Mike Fleck: I’m Gay

[dlwickham]

State Rep. Mike Fleck (R-Huntingdon) publicly acknowledged Saturday that he is gay, making him the first openly gay lawmaker in Pa. and the only* currently sitting openly gay Republican state legislator in the entire country.

In a deeply personal story by the Huntingdon Daily News (subscription), Fleck, a devout Christian, explained the difficult road to his announcement.

“Coming out is hard enough, but doing it in the public eye is definitely something I never anticipated,” he said. “I’m still the exact same person and I’m still a Republican and, most importantly, I’m still a person of faith trying to live life as a servant of God and the public. The only difference now is that I will also be doing so as honestly as I know how.”

http://www.politicspa.com/republican-state-rep-mike-fleck-im-gay-2/44597/

[CurtEastPoint]

1. Married also.

Interesting. He has come from Liberty Univ and a fundy upbringing, I suppose, to coming out.

[dlwickham]

3. divorced actually

[blueknight]

2. and

unless he changes parties, his political career is over

[Fearless]

4. Which it might as well be considering his conservatism.

[Smarmie Doofus]

5. He seems to understand education issues better than most Democrats:

Still...it seems unlikely that he can ride it out as a Republican in mid-state Pa.

We'll see.

K and R

[LeftinOH]

6. Well, it looks like he's clinging to the GOP brand:

“The Republican party is all about the government needing to stay out of people’s lives; I’m not a one-issue person and it’s not a one-issue party.”

Being GOPer, AND being a devout Christian, AND getting married (if only for a while) AND going to Liberty U. didn't get rid of "the gay", but he's still so nose-deep in the RW/fundie world that he's basically saying "OK, I'm gay.. but I'm one of the "good" ones".

So - piss on 'im.

[joeybee12]

7. This is very important...there's a photo of him at the link...and someone posted a video of him...

He looks a lot better in the photo than the video.

[dlwickham]

8. he is a cutie

[King_David]

10. John Baird Foreign Minister of Canada

Stephen Harpers right hand man.

Openly Gay Conservative.

Second most powerful cabinet minister.


And asshole lol

[dlwickham]

11. who cares if he's an asshole

as long as he's cute



http://snippits-and-slappits.blogspot.com/2012/12/john-baird-is-gay.html

he looks pretty cute in the 2nd picture

[King_David]

12. LOL

Not my taste...but a friend of mine loves him...but not his politics.

We went out one night and my friend called him a bitch...probably slept with him...but he does not kiss and tell...mumzer...

[dlwickham]

13. you need to drag it out of your friend

a few cocktails might work

[joeybee12]

14. Way too "doughy" for my tastes...

And I'd probably b-slap him every time he opened his mouth and spewed his right-wing garbage.

[beyurslf]

9. ugh gay republicans are just about the worst there is