After former Republican congressman Aaron Schock came out as gay, the LGBTQ+ internet said it wasn't enough to forgive his anti-gay voting record
his websiteThe news failed to excite members of the LGBTQ+ community, given Schock's long and well-documented record of supporting discriminatory policies as an Illinois lawmaker.
In particular, many took issue with Schock's failure to apologize for the role he played in limiting rights for queer Americans during his four terms in office. Former Republican Rep. Aaron Schock of Illinois came out as gay via a lengthy letter shared to Instagram andon Thursday, to very little surprise or fanfare from the LGBTQ+ community. But the polarizing news still generated a flood of reactions on social media.
"I am gay," Schock wrote in the announcement. "For those who know me and for many who only know of me, this will come as no surprise," Schock said in a very lengthy Instagram post about his decision to open up about his sexuality to the public. "For the past year, I have been working through a list of people who I felt should finally hear the news directly from me before I made a public statement.
"The fact that I am gay is just one of those things in my life in need of explicit affirmation, to remove any doubt and to finally validate who I am as a person," he continued. "In many ways I regret the time wasted in not having done so sooner."Elected to Congress in 2008 at 27, Schock served four terms before
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