North Dakota lawmaker who voted against gays found on Grindr
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A North Dakota lawmaker who sent an explicit photo of himself to another man says the exchange being made public is retaliation for a recent vote against expanding gay rights.
Rep. Randy Boehning, a 52-year-old Republican legislator from Fargo, says a Capitol employee told him a fellow lawmaker vowed to out him as gay if he continued to vote against bills granting gays legal protections against discrimination.
The exchange came to light when Dustin Smith, a 21-year-old Bismarck man with no known connections to the Capitol, contacted The Forum earlier this month, saying he recognized Boehning from a gay dating smartphone app called Grindr. Chatting under the user name Top Man!, Boehning sent Smith sexually suggestive messages and, in the early morning hours of March 12, an unsolicited photo of his penis, according to exchanges reviewed by The Forum.
Boehning refused to identify at this point who he believes is behind the purported political payback for his vote against Senate Bill 2279, the third such bill defeated in the past six years by North Dakota legislators.
When first questioned about the messages two weeks ago, Boehning declined to comment on whether he sent the explicit photo and messages. But on Saturday he confirmed he was Top Man! ...
Not all gay people have to support gay marriage. I support it all the way and don't see why anyone wouldn't, but I know of gay people who don't think same-sex marriage should be legalized
Not all gay people have to support gay marriage. I support it all the way and don't see why anyone wouldn't, but I know of gay people who don't think same-sex marriage should be legalized
He voter against an anti-discrimination bill that would prevent people from being fired just for being gay for example. Funny it would've benefited him but he said no to it.
