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For one, Willamette Week is utterly tasteless for releasing this news on inauguration day. What was a wonderful day for the nation was tainted for Oregon by something that really doesn't matter in the greater scheme of things...

The most important point I'd like to make is that we need to cut the mayor some slack. Everyone keeps bantering on about how it doesn't matter that Adams had sex with an 18 year old, but that he LIED about it. As a gay man in my late 30s, I know what it means to grow up having to lie about my sexuality...everything in our generation's life has been weighed on being straight or gay and if we are gay, is our sexuality appropriately executed so that it offends the fewest. Younger generations of gays and lesbians are enjoying a greater sense of sexual freedom because of the efforts of role-models such as Sam Adams. I'm sure it was a very difficult situation for Adams to deal with when WWeek started prying into his personal life and he thought it best in that situation just to lie about it rather than explain it. It's come out now and he's having to deal with lying about his personal life, but just like Clinton, it doesn't affect his ability to lead and we should let it go. I trust he won't fool around with any more interns after this!

noel

posted 3 years, 4 months ago
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