Washington, Oct. 17 -- Mike Rogers, the nation's top Rogers, the president of Proud of Who We Are, broadcast his invitation to Craig today at 3:35 p.m. Mountain time on the nationally syndicated radio program, the Ed Schultz Show, and in a followup letter to the senator’s Idaho district offices. Rogers said on the radio program that his reporting has uncovered three independent and corroborating sources that the conservative Idaho Republican senator has had multiple sexual encounters with men, in contrast to his gay-baiting political stance.“It’s my conclusion that Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho engages in same-sex sexual activity,” Rogers said. “He has same-sex encounters with men, and then votes against the community of men that are out and proud of who we are.”
Rogers said he had independently interviewed three Craig sexual partners, two in the Pacific Northwest, and one who lives in Washington, D.C. The Washington source told Rogers that he and Sen. Craig had oral sex in two different bathrooms of Union Station, the train depot within sight of U.S. Senate Office Buildings. That alone might be considered a “gay-baiting political stance”.
Rogers said the sources each independently described something unique about the senator that could only be known to someone who had had sexual contact with him. They don’t call him “Larry the Lumber” for nothing. “Without a doubt in my mind, I am absolutely solid on the sources,” Rogers said. “I have come to the absolute conclusion based on multiple sourcing in multiple cities around the country. There is no doubt in my mind regarding this information.”It wasn’t what Sen. Craig did that merits exposure, Rogers said. “It’s his gross hypocrisy and his duping of the American people,” he said. “It’s about someone who has been aggressive against the gay community.” During recent debates in Congress about whether same-sex marriages should be legal, Sen. Craig said, “Marriage has always been defined as the union of a man and a woman, and I believe it should stay that way.”
Rogers called on Craig to tell the truth to Idaho citizens. “An end to hypocrisy in government,” Rogers said, “is something both the right and the left can agree on.” 30 years ago the gay community said exposing closeted gay men was a sleezy smear tactic. Maybe this “New Direction” thing makes hypocrisy acceptable.(for some).
Similarly, Rev. Lou Sheldon told National Public Radio, “the Republican party is at a major crossroads. And after this election there’s going to be a huge debate: Can homosexuality continue to be welcomed into the big tent?”
More revelations about leading gay GOP conservatives still lie ahead, Rogers said at the end of today’s radio interview.“It is time to expose that underground network of closeted men who are enabling that,” Rogers said. Less then two weeks untill mid-term elections but surely Rogers motivations are completly noble.