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Of All My False Identities, The Strategies In My Campaign To Be Accepted, Being A Sworn Republican Is The Hardest To Explain. In My Later Political Life, I Can Only Be Described As A Kennedy Democrat, Eager To Pursue Equitable Treatment For The Least Fortunate.

When I Came Out Publicly, Some Photo Editors Had A Field Day Searching For Pictures Of Me With A Limp Wrist Or Some Other Stereotypical Gay Signifier - As Though, After Decades In The Public Eye, They'd Suddenly Come Across A Trove Of Shots Where I Looked Like A Cher Impersonator.

To Be Able To Love And Live In Freedom Means To Be Able To Make Godly Decisions. To Make Godly Decisions We Have To Surrender Our Egos And All The Falsity And Shame That Goes With It.

I Have Two Extraordinary Daughters, Who, I Can Say Proudly, Are Doing Very Well In School And In Piano. Daughters Are A Father's Joy.

Civil Union Is Less Than Marriage. Marriage Is A Sacred And Valued Institution And Ought To Be Afforded Equal Protection.