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Sex Bust Blow To McCain Campaign
by 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff
Posted: July 12, 2007 - 5:00 pm ET
(Titusville, Florida) A co-chair of Sen. John
McCain's presidential campaign in Florida has been busted for trying to pick up
an undercover male police officer.
State Rep. Bob Allen (R), a foe of LGBT rights in
Florida, is charged with offering the cop $20 for oral sex in a washroom at
Veteran's Memorial Park in Titusville.
Police said that Allen, 48, was
seen coming in and out of a restroom three times before
approaching the officer.
Allen has been charged with
solicitation for prostitution, which has a maximum penalty of
one year in jail.
The state lawmaker is one of
six co-chairs of McCain's Florida campaign. Allen posted
a $500 bond and was released pending trial.
Ironically in the last session
of the Florida legislature he sponsored a failed bill that
would have tightened the state's prohibition on public sex. He
also has been a supporter of amending the state constitution
to ban same-sex marriage and has opposed a bill to curb
bullying of gay students.
Allen resigned Thursday from
the McCain campaign.
Meanwhile, two McCain
strategists abandoned the campaign in Iowa on Thursday.
Ed Failor Jr.and Karen Slifka longtime GOP operatives with
deep ties in Iowa.
The three withdrawals Thursday
will hurt McCain's campaign already damaged by money problems.
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