I sent this in to the Pasadena Star News. Doug Ireland, in his LA Weekly article, criticized the Pas for not reporting on the congressman who represents a lot of their readers. (In other words, the Pas, a GOP paper, is covering for Dreier.)

David Dreier's recent "outing" as a gay man has only shown that politicians will do anything for a vote, even take votes from people who hate gays. Ultimately, it's the political duty of all oppressed people to demand their rights.

Dreier acts in his own limited self-interest, to the detriment not only to the rights of gays, but of a democratic system based on individual rights.

This is not theoretical. If he were open about his sexuality, and running for office, he'd have to first spend a lot of time and effort educating people, rather than figuring out how to get another campaign contribution from another corporation not located in his district. He may not have had as profitable a career in Congress, but society would have been better for it.