Where do they get off calling it an affair?

An affair traditionally, and we know how the other side likes tradition, refers to an extramarital sexual relationship.

Sam Adams is not allowed to be married. Remember that traditional thing they were talking about.

And lastly, where is Adams partner, god I hate that word, Peter Zuckerman?

To me the question is not a debate on the ethics of when someone is old enough to engage in sexual relations, the law is crystal clear about this fact. Rather the issue is one of the trust we place in our elected officials. Sam Adams lied about his involvement with Breedlove and then asked others to lie as well.

Is Adams being held to a higher standard? If he is it because he set the standard himself. In his 2007 Open Letter to Portlanders, Adams refers to the rumors of his relationship with Breedlove saying, ” I have been the target of a nasty smear by a would-be political opponent.” He continues that he “will not dignify the substance of this smear by repeating it – if you read the accounts you will see there is no foundation to it. The reason is simple: it is untrue.”

The letter then continues to outline some of the very real issues facing LGBT youth in our society, including suicide, homelessness and depression.

Mr. Mayor, you forgot to mention one very real pitfall, the predatory behavior of adults towards impressionable adolescents and children. I know you are aware of this issue because you are on record as using it in an attempt to draw suspicions away from your own actions. You admitted as much in an interview with The Portland Mercury, Sept. 20, 2007, “If this had come from the right wing — and it probably will now — that would have been one thing. But to come from another gay man is something more hurtful. It plays into the worst deep-seated fears society has about gay men: You can’t trust them with your young.”

We reached an incredible milestone this week in America with the election of Barrack Obama as President. We affirmed as a nation that politics of race, gender and sexual preference do not matter, only one thing does; the truth. And that Mr. Mayor is what you failed to deliver when you had the chance, and that is why I feel you should resign.

What I care about is that this man doesn’t have any frekkin boundaries. An intern? Another intern? How many scandals do gay politicians have to witness before they figure out that it’s not about the age difference (that’s just the whipped topping on the story)?! Gerry Studds, Barney Frank, Mark Foley…etc. How many times do gay men in politics have to have it thrown in their face before they get it? Mr. Adams has many historical situations to look at and yet he STILL didn’t maintain professional boundaries with an intern. Someone must have told him at least once in his life: Don’t $H*T where you eat!

He didn’t listen to that little chestnut – THAT is the problem! A leader in partisan politics and in a litigious society who can’t figure THAT out – has no business being a leader!