Another one bites the dust.
Indiana state Rep. Phillip Hinkle (R) is embroiled in controversy after The Indianapolis Star discovered emails appearing to solicit the paid company of a young man, sent from Hinkle's publicly listed email address.
In response to a M4M forum Craigslist post, Hinkle emailed the man, named Kameryn Gibson, and offered him $80 cash, with a tip of $50 or $60 "for a really good time" in the hours he proposed spending together at a local Marriott. [...]
According to Project Vote Smart, Hinkle is against same-sex marriage, and carries the endorsement of the National Rifle Association. Hinkle, 64, has been in state legislature since 2000 and co-authored a bill to create a license plate inscribed with "In God We Trust."
“Indiana has no openly gay state legislators and provides no legal rights for LGBT people. Hinkle [and others] recently voted to pass a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage and civil unions," political blogger Bil Browning pointed out.
It's becoming cliche -- the anti-gay crusader, who spends his time in office legislating against gays, turns out to actually be gay himself.
One may begin to wonder just how many of the anti-gay crusaders currently occupying public office are similarly self-loathing and repressed.
All of them? 80 percent? 50?
You may also notice this phenomenon is almost entirely exclusive to the Republican party.