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First of all... (Score:2)
The person Maher "outed", that wasn't news. His sexuality has been an "open secret", with pundits often referring to him as a "closet heterosexual".
Secondly, outing is, in my opinion, justified when the person is virulently anti-gay. For example, the recent bombshell of "Pastor Ted" Haggard in Colorado Springs. 100% justifiable. If you are building your mega-church empire largely on the demonization of gays and lesbians, and meanwhile you're getting "massages" from a male prostitute, then outing is a prett
--rjray
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Well, first, I know it has been rumored, but most people had never heard it before.
Second, it is simply not a matter of fact that Mehlman is gay. There's no evidence of it. At all. Anywhere. It is merely speculation. (Caveat: it could be that some evidence has arisen recently that I've not heard; but I've known about this rumor for a couple of years, and ha
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