The South Carolina GOP senator who was accused by the Tea Party of capitulating to Democrats out of fear that he would be outed has addressed the question of his sexuality head on: "I know it’s really gonna upset a lot of gay men--I’m sure hundreds of ’em are gonna be jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge--but I ain’t available," Graham told New York Times Magazine correspondent Robert Draper in an article from the magazine’s upcoming July 4 edition. I ain’t gay. Sorry."
The exchange took place when Draper mentioned how at an April Tea Party rally in Greenville, South Carolina, William Gheen--who heads up Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC)--accused Graham of being a closeted gay politician who only worked with Democrats on immigration issues because the Democrats had the goods on the senator. Gheen declared that being gay was "a secret" of Graham’s, and added, "I hope this secret isn’t being used as leverage over Senator Graham, so today I think Senator Graham, you need to come forward and tell people about your alternative lifestyle and your homosexuality."
More on this story at Edge.
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