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Article: The Foley follies: the scandal surrounding former Florida Republican representative Mark Foley was critical in the Democrats' 2006 takeover of Congress. Now that an investigation has determined he broke no law, was winning an election worth perpetuating gay stereotypes?(COMMENTARY)
- Article from:
- The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
- Article date:
- November 4, 2008
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YOU COULD BE PARDONED FOR FORGETTING ABOUT MARK FOLEY. The erstwhile congressman's life unraveled in September 2006 with the leaking of salacious e-mails and instant messages he had sent to a male former congressional page, a personally humiliating spectacle that dominated the news for more than a month leading into the November congressional election. Confronted with the most embarrassing of these unseemly valentines by ABC News, the Florida lawmaker promptly resigned, checked himself into rehab, and released a statement through his lawyer explaining that he was gay, an alcoholic, and the victim of sexual abuse perpetrated by a priest when ...
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Article: MARK FOLEY PAGE SCANDAL
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
October 9, 2006 ;
700+ words
... ... week has been former Congressman Mark Foley, who was forced to resign his House ... one word to describe my reaction to Mark Foley's actions. I'm mad and angry ... overly friendly" emails between Mark Foley and a 17 year old former page, but ...
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