The morality of schadenfreude aside, it's easy to rejoice in the outing of US Senator Larry Craig, an anti-gay crusader who this week was revealed to have pleaded guilty to soliciting another man in a bathroom at the Minneapolis airport. History - and hopefully more in our community - will now judge gay activist Mike Rogers more kindly for having been the first to report on Senator Craig's being gay last year on his site blogactive.com.

But the tougher dilemma is what do we do about closeted gay politicians good on most of our issues, but who, for example, might still oppose marriage equality?

Does one have to be Larry Craig or the Reverend Ted Haggard to be judged a hypocrite and pass the litmus test of eligibility to be outed?
Most pro-gay Democrats, including closeted gay Democrats themselves, play it safe by endorsing legislation in Congress like the Employment Nondiscrimination Act and the Matthew Shepherd Hate Crimes Act. They speak out against the Pentagon's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy and gladly endorse civil unions. But they draw the line at marriage equality.

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