A video was posted on YouTube this weekend by writer Clinton Fein who shares exclusive, never-before-published footage of a 1994 interview he did with former congressman Gerry Studds who died Friday of a blood clot at the age of 69. Fein says,
"While we were discussing the ramifications of what was then the recent implementation of the military's Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, the broader issue of America's perception of gay people, and the inherent issues and costs of being in the closet couldn't be more relevant today, given the Mark Foley scandal and its attendant issues. I believe the congressman's observations of twelve years ago still resonate in an interesting way, revealing how we've progressed in small ways, but remain tragically stagnant in our thinking.
And since his name has been dredged up by those attempting to smear his legacy of late, and he obviously being either too ill or too dignified to defend himself, I thought his own insight, wisdom and clarity paint a very different self-awareness when weighed up against some coward hiding in rehab, making every excuse under the sun, blaming everyone but himself."
If you're wondering what Fein is referring to when he references people wanting to "smear [Studds'] legacy," here's a sample.
Gerry Studds: Pedophile or Hero? (The National Ledger)
Child-Molesting Homosexual Congressman Gerry Studds Is Dead (Moonbattery)
'God Bless Him Anyway' (Cao's Blog)
And an interesting counterpoint:
Studds and Duds (Dissident Voice)
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