Jay Timmons
Claims to fame: Former chief of staff for virulently anti-gay (and racist) Virginia Sen. George Allen; former executive director, National Republican Senatorial Committee; former head, Republican Presidential Task Force; former lots-of-things deeply involved with setting party policy; outed closet case
Moral apex: Was instrumental in getting Republicans re-elected across the country — at a time when the party was making the anti-gay Federal Marriage Amendment (later renamed the Marriage Protection Act) its number-one wedge issue.
Outed: By Mike Rogers in 2004.
What happened next: Timmons “declined comment.”
Where he is now: Last we heard, he was a “senior vice president” and “spokesman” for the National Association of Manufacturers — in other words, a corporate lobbyist. (And you didn’t think he could sink any lower!)
Suggested Bible reading for Mr. Timmons:
Frowardness* is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
— Proverbs 6:14
* Frowardness: n. Perverseness; reluctance to yield or comply; disobedience; peevishness. (Webster’s American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828)
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