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Lance Bass and husband Michael Turchin support outing closeted lawmakers who vote against LGBT equality
Newlyweds Lance Bass and Michael Turchin, whose wedding special aired on E! last night, paid a visit to The Meredith Vieira Show this week and were asked to weigh in on Alabama State Rep. Patricia Todd’s threat to out some fellow congressmen if they did not support gay marriage in the state.
Said Lance: ‘I think you have to keep politicians honest. I’m never about outing people at all but when it comes to voting against my right to live my life the way I want to and my pursuit of happiness? Then I’m all for it. Out them.’
Michael added: ‘If you’re going to work to suppress a group of people and yet you are living – in your eyes – an equally immoral life, if someone wants to make you accountable then I think they should.’
By the way, loved the wedding special last night. These guys are such a great couple from nice families who really love each other. Yes there were famous people there like Christina Applegate, Lisa Vanderpump, Kris Jenner, Joey Fatone, JC Chasez, Jamie-Lynn Sigler and Joanna Garcia, among others, but it didn’t feel like some fake Kardashian wedding done for ratings.
In the video below, Lance and Michael talk about their marriage and more with GLAAD:
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CraigR. says:
When we start outing people to shame them we are no better than they are. We can’t support people who come out, and then also use it as a weapon because we disagree with someone’s politics. Outing them doesn’t reveal any crime. Are closeted people who endorse anti- gay views disgusting yes. But once we sponsor people coming out when the time is right for a gay man or woman than that means everyone. There were many people who were secretly black who endorsed anti-civil rights issues. Many closeted Jews who pointed the finger at other Jews in Europe. But unless one voice- one vote against us is one that dooms us then we must accept their self-hate as an inability to confront the hurt and fear inside, and hope that time will change their mind. But outing as instrument of ” seeing the man behind the curtain” is a vengeful act that is beneath a positive community of welcoming. Lance Bass is last person who should endorse anything like that. What if people had done that to him at the height of fame? How would that changed his fortune?
K. Martinez says:
I believe LGBT people should come out only when they’re ready and on their own terms, however I do have a problem if they’re closeted gay and politically working against the LGBT community. For that, I have no issue with them being yanked out of their closet.