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Because Of An Adulterous Affair I Shall Leave Office In November.

For Me, Living In The Closet Corroded My Ability To Have An Honest, Open Relationship With My God, My Loved Ones, My Constituency And Myself.

Being Gay Is A Fundamental Part Of My Being - The Core Of Who I've Always Been, And The Thing That I Had Repressed And Run From All My Life.

I Realized That I Had Screwed Up My Life Living Different Parts Of My Life In Different Places. I Wasn't Whole. I Wasn't Integrated. I Wasn't A Complete Person. And After That, Came Out, Spent Some Time At A Psychiatric Hospital.

We Are Losing Sight Of Civility In Government And Politics. Debate And Dialogue Is Taking A Back Seat To The Politics Of Destruction And Anger And Control. Dogma Has Replaced Thoughtful Discussion Between People Of Differing Views.