Republican Senator Roy Ashburn, was arrested Wednesday morning for DUI after leaving the popular gay bar, Faces.  Whoops…not the happiest way to end happy hour.

In my view, a significant portion of the anti-gay industry is fueled by deeply self-loathing, emotionally stunted gay men and women. This is just the latest example of the astounding hypocrisy we have to fight on our way to equality.

Note to the closet cases: It is no longer 1950. You can live honestly and openly and lead a productive and fulfilling life.  You don’t have to put yourself or your family through the wringer by living a lie.

(Photo credit Michael Allen Jones, mjones@sacbee.com)

For much of Jacques Whitfield’s 11-year marriage (pictured) he maintained a parallel life. He cheated on his wife and, he said, cheated himself. Now he has come out and is happy. This is a tale of why the closet and so-called “ex-gay” organizations are harmful to gay people and their families.

Even with countless stories, such as this, “ex-gay” programs continue to promote doomed marriages. This is because they care more about politics than people. They hold inflexible lies above real lives. The damage is all around, yet groups like Exodus, Focus on the Family and NARTH are too blinded by their flawed Biblical interpretations to see. They do so much wrong in the name of right, incredible harm in the guise of hope, with a staggering price on individuals and society.

Will they ever learn? Or, will their fanaticism make them immune from the facts?