Pick an Orientation… No, Not That One

There has been a spate of sexual orientation backfires in the news this week.

First, ABC News producer Don/Dawn/Don Ennis was fired by the network for deciding he/she/he was a she after all… again.

Big round for the human resources bot who came up with grounds for Ennis’ termination: ‘Performance-related issues.’

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So Dawn Ennis.

But the biggest liberal sexual identity crises of the week year has to be the Christian, er, ‘b*tch that switched.’ Evangelical Christian ex-gay man and, okay, gourmet caterer John Paulk is now an ex-ex-gay man.

No wait.

Actually, this story is a little worn around the edges. Paulk came out out again again when he was caught visiting a Washington DC gay bar last year. First, he was only there ‘to use the bathroom,’ and then ‘for only 20 minutes’ and then the big coming out out party in HuffPo:

The former poster child of the “ex-gay movement” renounced his controversial past beliefs in an email interview with PQ Monthly last week.

John Paulk, the former chairman of Exodus International and co-author ofLove Won Out: How God’s Love Helped Two People Leave Homosexuality and Find Each Other, said he struggled with rejection all of his life and has been on a journey trying to understand God.

“Until recently, I have struggled all my life in feeling unloved and unaccepted,” Paulk said. “I have been on a journey during the last few years in trying to understand God, myself, and how I can best relate to others. During this journey I have made many mistakes and I have hurt many people including people who are close to me. I have also found a large number of people who accept me for who I am regardless of my past, any labels, or what I do.”

Paulk said he is now greatly remorseful for any harm that he’s caused by his words. [more]

Oh. The. Courage.

Think fast: I was just spotted in a gay bar! What’llIdoWhat’llIdoWhat’llIdo? I’ve got it! I’ll come out out!

Which brings us to the question: Why did Politico just run with this story yesterday? I mean, anyone who’s read a psych study by an esteemed pedophile PhD knows a gay guy cannot not be a gay guy. An immutable truth that has been disproven thousands of times. But having once been homosexual probably is sort of like riding a bicycle — we’ll give you that one, GLAAD.

This story is not new. Even the liberal meme that a gay man, dangit, has to remain gay, is not particularly groundbreaking revelation: Former conservative Christian David Brock embraced his inner boy-butt lust years ago.

Could it be that Politico just wanted to take a few swipes at you inbred bible-thumping Christian morons?

This is a job for Rachel Maddow.

File Under: The GLAAD Bag