“In Iran they hang you for the crime of beg gay,” said the senator om Arkansas.
Contents:
- DID SENATOR TOM COTTON ANNOUNCE HE IS 'EX-GAY'?
- U.S. SENATORS OM ARKANSAS CRICIZE GAY MARRIAGE BILL, WON’T SAY HOW THEY’LL VOTE
- TOM COTTON: OPPONENTS OF ANTI-GAY LAW NEED ‘PERSPECTIVE’
DID SENATOR TOM COTTON ANNOUNCE HE IS 'EX-GAY'?
Arkansas senator Tom Cotton igned a firtorm yterday when he said on CNN that gays who were plag about anti-gay legislatn Indiana and Arkansas should shut up bee, hey, at least they weren't beg killed like Iran. So how e nobody Arkansas believ he's straight? * tom cotton gay *
Tom Cotton said durg an terview that he received "gay nversn therapy. Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) vouched for the benefs of "gay nversn therapy" an terview.
Cotton has not issued any statements about "gay nversn" therapy. In Iran they hang you for the crime of beg gay.
Arkansas senator Tom Cotton igned a firtorm yterday when he said on CNN that gays who were plag about anti-gay legislatn Indiana and Arkansas should shut up bee, hey, at least they weren't beg killed like Iran.
U.S. SENATORS OM ARKANSAS CRICIZE GAY MARRIAGE BILL, WON’T SAY HOW THEY’LL VOTE
Still, his ments about Indiana's Relig Freedom Rtoratn Act have drawn a particular ire—wh good reason, nsirg that Cotton sentially argued that gays should feel happy that they are not beg executed public. But not only were his ments egregly gross, they were also pecially cur, bee if you talk to jt about anyone Arkansas polil circl—as well as average cizens his hometown of Dardanelle—you'll hear about a persistent mor that Tom Cotton, a buddg face of the GOP and outspoken opponent of homosexualy, is gay. We spoke, off the rerd, wh several lol Democrats—cludg a high-rankg party official—who would say ltle about the mor that Cotton is gay beyond swearg that existed and was real.
Later the year, Democratic operativ Washgton sent a photo purportg to be of Cotton at a gay bar D. If you look at the 262 followers of a (ankly homophobic) Cotton parody acunt lled @CottonCandyAR that imag Cotton as a sort of crossdrser, you'll see several lol liberal activists, as well as a few official mpaign acunts cludg that of Mark Pryor, the cumbent senator whom Cotton feated November.
Nohels, polil operativ are far om the only people Arkansas spreadg, or acknowledgg, the mor that Cotton is gay.
TOM COTTON: OPPONENTS OF ANTI-GAY LAW NEED ‘PERSPECTIVE’
We spoke to several of Cotton's high school classmat who said that although there were not spicns about Cotton when he was school, they have sce heard the mor that he is gay. Mor was he was gay but no proof ever found, " said one woman via Facebook who attend Dardanelle High wh Cotton.
There is a whole thread on the gay gossip se Datalounge.